Regenerative Agriculture

The Cost of Food, Consequences of not valuing soil, water and those who manage them.- Changing the Paradigm of agricultural intensification. Challenges faced by agriculture in Moldova.- The Alberta Experience. Climate change action plan, cap-and-trade legislation for carbon emissions, and carbon credits for farmers.- The Social Food Service market - a lever for change.- Discussion.- Is the future of Agriculture Perennial? The fundamental difference between natural ecosystems and agro-ecosystems.- Managing chernozem to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.- Quality and health of anthropically transformed Black Earth.- Seeking an alternative for weed control in Conservation Agriculture.- Step-by-step to fill the gaps along the path to sustainability.- Discussion.- Agricultural Research and the Agriculture of the Future.- The LONE Concept, Agriculture of the Future.- Adaptation to climate change through plant breeding: the status of winter wheat.- Long-term research on crop rotation.- Sustainable intensification of agriculture on the Balti steppe. Crop diversity, irrigation, and no-till in crop rotations.- Restoration of the degraded plough layer of Chernozem prior to implementation of Zero Tillage.- The Big Picture - some ideas for research and action: an International Hydrological Network for Food-water; needs and opportunities for financing regenerative agriculture across the steppes through Green Bonds.- Pointers for decision-makers, researchers and practical farmers.