Today, June 30, the working group “Sustainable agricultural practices as a way to sustainable agricultural production and adaptation to climate change” took place, in which the management of the SI “Derzhgruntokhorona” Administration took part. The event is a continuation of the nationwide polylogue “The place of nature in Ukraine’s adaptation to climate change” and is dedicated to the implementation of sustainable agricultural practices as a way to sustainable agricultural production and adaptation to climate change.
In connection with the waging of a full-scale war on the territory of Ukraine, the agricultural sector faces serious challenges: pollution, mining and damage to fields, loss of equipment and crops, restructuring of export chains, shortage of pesticides and agrochemicals. At the same time, problems with climate change, more frequent and more intense negative weather events, loss of biodiversity pose a threat to agricultural production.
At the working meeting, approaches to conducting more balanced agriculture were considered and discussed, such as: regenerative farming, resource-saving agriculture, biodynamic permaculture systems, organic farming. The four most widespread sustainable agricultural practices that can be promising nature-oriented solutions for Ukrainian farmers today were highlighted and their strengths and weaknesses were analyzed.