Guiding the Pursuit for Sustainability by Co-developing a Sustainable Agriculture Matrix

SAM Consortium

Call

  • Pathways

Project Website

https://envrion-sci-and-policy-visualizations.shinyapps.io/samapp_v2/

Principal Investigator

Xin Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States

Partners

Christian Folberth, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria Asli Kose, Toros Agri, Turkey Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Luis Antonio Martinelli, University of São Paulo, Brazil Thomas Oberthür, African Plant Nutrition Institute, Morocco Levent Ozturk, Sabancı University, Turkey Pinar Türkmen, Tekfen Agricultural Research Production and Marketing Inc., Turkey Eric Davidson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Jean Pierre Ometto, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

Funders

  • FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), Future Earth, FWF (Austrian Science Fund), NRF (National Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation), TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)

Project Objective

The Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) consortium will be a transdisciplinary and transnational network to guide pathways for sustainable agriculture by co-developing an indicator system and associated products that 1) measure agriculture sustainability from environmental, social, and economic dimensions and improve the accountability of countries' commitment to sustainable agriculture; 2) engage conversations and possible coordination among stakeholders and countries; 3) identify the inter-linkages among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to agriculture and improve the understanding of the socioeconomic and ecological dynamics in agricultural systems and beyond; 4) identify strategies for advancing sustainable agriculture and informing policies.

Call Objective

The goal of this CRA is to provide a science base for achieving sustainability goals. The CRA will support 1-2 years of collaborative research networking activities that focus on integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop Earth-system-based transformation pathways for sustainable development.

Region

  • Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Country

  • Austria, Brazil, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, United States of America (USA)

Duration

21 months

Call Date

2020

Project Award Date

2021