“Udržitelné zemědělství a biodiverzita” – Interview (in Czech) for “Zemědělec” magazine – October 2019 on Sustainable Agriculture and Transforming Food Systems for Czech Republic and beyond

The interview with FAO-ADG Rene Castro Salazar supported by Patrick P. Kalaš illustrates the pressing need to transform currently unsustainable food and agriculture systems nationally, regionally and globally to address the nexus between environmental challenges (i.e. climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation) as well as food and nutrition insecurity (including hunger and obesity) with relevance for the developed and developing world.

Issues highlighted: Agro-ecological, “biodiversity-and-climate change -friendly” approaches; conducive agricultural policies, incentives such as investments and subsidies; food loss and waste during production and consumption; potential for “green and healthy” procurement of school feeding programs to incentivise local, small-scale producers and more.