BriCASFR

Education on Climate & Sustainable Food Resources

Our online Education Resources start with our Natural Resources. Natural resources are important for crop include favourable temperatures, sufficient rainfall, ecosystem services, biodiversity and genetic diversity, and nutrient rich soils.

First, the sun drives our climate systems, temperatures, precipitation, wind, evapotranspiration, and it drives photosynthesis.

And changes in the carbon cycle, and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations influence temperature and in turn related climate parameters.

Second, water is essential for all living things, and extremely essential for crop production.

Third, ecosystem services and a wide range of biodiversity and genetic diversity are essential for food production and food security.

Fourth, quality soil is essential for health, nutritious food production, and food security. Quality soil also helps to create our high production crop growing areas. Microbes and microbial diversity in soil are essential components.

Fifth, available prime agricultural land is required for achieving high yields and achieving our high production crop growing areas.

In review, our various natural resources combined with rich genetic diversity provide the foundation for producing nutrient rich foods.

However, increasing atmospheric greenhouse concentrations, climate change, extreme weather events, decreasing biodiversity, degrading soils, and conversion of prime agricultural lands to urban sprawl are impacting food production and food security.

And in response, various sustainability initiatives are needed. Examples of these initiatives include implementing climate mitigation actions, advancing digital transformations, using regenerative agriculture practices, adopting circular economy principles, and using modelling tools for tracking and projecting outcomes.

In summary, our education resources focus on a better understanding of our climate and sustainable food resource.