🌍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
This Monday, 𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼’𝘀 𝗖𝗘𝗢, Jen Godderidge , 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 on how carbon markets and climate policies can reshape the future of agriculture. Hosted by 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗣 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, the event gathered policymakers, industry leaders, and financial experts to debate the 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀, 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝗧𝗦 (𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺).
💡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿? Farmers need more support to transition to regenerative agriculture, and the financial system must incentivize climate-smart practices rather than leaving farmers to bear the costs alone.
🔹 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 Valeria Forlin emphasized the need for simple, standardized sustainability benchmarking—so farmers provide data once and are fairly rewarded.
🔹 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 demonstrates how emissions reductions can be 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, but agriculture remains one of the most challenging sectors.
🔹 𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲́’𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 farmers shows that soil health, digital tools, and co-financing can drive a 20% absolute emissions reduction—but dairy remains a tough challenge.
🔹 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸’𝘀 Alex Datema stressed the missing ingredient: 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵appen fast enough.
🔹 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗣’𝘀 Jeroom Remmers made a strong case for an Agri-ETS targeting slaughterhouses and dairy factories—allowing food companies to pay farmers more while reducing emissions.
🚀𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼
At Atmo, we believe in making sustainable agriculture financially viable. The insights from this event reinforce our mission: to bridge the gap between finance and agriculture, ensuring that farmers get the financial backing they need to adopt regenerative and climate-smart solutions.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🌱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻.
Let's keep the conversation going! What are your thoughts on carbon markets for agriculture? Should food companies and financial institutions take a bigger role in supporting farmers? 👇
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