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class="container"> <div class="az-full-width-row"> <div class="col col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-md-offset-2 col-lg-offset-3"> <div class="content az-full-width-column-content bg-transparent-white column py-5"> <div class="az-full-width-column-content-wrapper"> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="text-uppercase h1 text-midnight">The Future of Agriculture & Food Production in a Drying Climate</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="lead text-midnight"><strong>Presidential Advisory Commission Report:</strong> Assessing critical threats to agriculture and food production, identifying the most promising solutions, and determining how UArizona can best impact the future.</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-blue" href="https://research.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Future%20of%20Agriculture%20and%20Food%20Production%20in%20a%20Drying%20Climate%20report.pdf">Read the Report</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-0 paragraph background-wrapper paragraph--type--az-text-background paragraph--view-mode--default bg-white py-5 full-width-background"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-text-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="max-width-800"><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">As a rapidly drying climate threatens food and agriculture systems around the globe, Arizona's agriculture industry will need innovative solutions to continue producing more food using less water.</span></p><p><span class="lead">The Presidential Advisory Commission on the Future of Agriculture & Food Production in a Drying Climate was </span><a href="https://president.arizona.edu/news/2022/12/presidential-advisory-commission-future-agriculture-and-food-production-drying-climate"><span class="lead">established by President Robbins</span></a><span class="lead"> in December 2022. Drawing from experts across the University, and from the agriculture, food production, and water industries throughout the state and beyond, the Commission aimed to produce a set of recommendations on concrete steps we can take to help make Arizona a global leader in creating and applying transformational technologies and climate-resilient sustainable agricultural and food production practices, in partnership with the desert agriculture industry.</span></p><p><span class="lead">As </span><a href="https://news.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-experts-suggest-solutions-encourage-food-water-and-economic-security-changing-climate"><span class="lead">announced today</span></a><span class="lead">, the </span><a href="https://research.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Future%20of%20Agriculture%20and%20Food%20Production%20in%20a%20Drying%20Climate%20report.pdf"><span class="lead">Commission report</span></a><span class="lead"> recommended five actions:</span></p><p> </p><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">1. Create an Institute for Sustainable Food, Water and Agriculture Systems (ISFWAS)</span></p><p><span class="lead">The University lacks an integrated, interdisciplinary, and solutions-oriented unit that is centered at the intersection of food, water, and agriculture systems. The ISFWAS will be a flagship University Institute that spans the technical, policy, and human dimensions of agriculture, food, and water systems. Its purpose will be to realize synergies that occur when people work across disciplines and with diverse community and regional partners to develop system-level solutions.</span></p><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">2. Create a Center for Soil Health (CSH)</span></p><p><span class="lead">Maintaining and restoring soil health through regenerative practices is a critical issue facing the agriculture industry. The CSH will integrate current research capacity to address major research and development goals. A distinguishing feature of the CSH will be the integration of producers within the organizational and decision-making structure.</span></p><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">3. Create technology and innovation hubs at the Maricopa (MAC), Yuma (YAC) and Campus Agricultural Centers (CAC), and Biosphere 2 (B2)</span></p><p><span class="lead">The time periods between idea generation and solution implementation, and between solution implementation and adoption, are frequently problematic. UArizona can help reduce these lags in several ways. The proposed innovation hubs at MAC, YAC, CAC, and B2 will be places where University faculty work collaboratively with external partners including growers, ranchers, and industry to develop, evaluate, and advance innovative technologies toward commercial application. The innovation hubs will also provide significant educational opportunities for students through research, entrepreneurial activities, and internships to advance their workforce readiness.</span></p><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">4. Expand partnerships with Tribal agriculture</span></p><p><span class="lead">Tribal communities have unparalleled knowledge of agriculture in our arid environment and bring highly valuable expertise in sustainable agriculture practices. It is critically important that UArizona works closely with Native Nations, honoring the fundamental principles of Tribal Consultation in accordance with University Tribal Consultation Policy. The Commission emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining reciprocal relationships that are focused on listening, building trust, and knowledge sharing.</span></p><p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">5. Establish new and strengthen existing collaborations with institutions in arid regions around the world</span></p><p><span class="lead">Drylands account for 40% of the world’s land surface and 60% of its food production. Arizona’s challenges are inextricably linked to drying regions worldwide and UArizona can enhance its global leadership in this area. The Commission recommends that UArizona develop and implement a high level, coordinated initiative to advance strategic partnerships with non-U.S. institutions focused on the critical issues of water, agriculture, and food sustainability.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-3 paragraph background-wrapper paragraph--type--az-text-background paragraph--view-mode--default bg-warm-gray py-5 full-width-background"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-text-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><div> </div> <p><span class="text-dark-silver h3">The Commission also identified four core areas in which UArizona can provide leadership:</span></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="ck-widget ck-widget bs_grid"> <div class="ck-widget ck-widget row" data-row-none="equal_equal_equal_equal" data-row-sm="none" data-row-md="none" data-row-lg="none" data-row-xl="none" data-row-xxl="none"> <div class="col"> <div> <figure style="max-width: 360px;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-az-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-az-small" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_small/public/food_research.png.webp?itok=InnekvjO" width="360" height="360" alt="Research in the area of agriculture"></p> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="text-dark-silver h4">Research</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="lead">producing and providing research-based solutions</span></p> </div> <div class="col"> <div> <figure style="max-width: 360px;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-az-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-az-small" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_small/public/food_education-training.png.webp?itok=efJGGsf1" width="360" height="360" alt="Education and training in the area of agriculture"></p> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="text-dark-silver h4">Education & Training</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="lead">developing future leaders, thinkers and doers</span></p> </div> <div class="col"> <div> <figure style="max-width: 360px;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-az-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-az-small" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_small/public/food_extension-community-connections.png.webp?itok=PhRDXn-l" width="360" height="360" alt="Community connections in the area of agriculture"></p> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="text-dark-silver h4">Extension & Community Connections</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="lead">engaging with stakeholders to jointly arrive at solutions</span></p> </div> <div class="col"> <div> <figure style="max-width: 360px;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-az-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-az-small" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_small/public/food_economic-development.png.webp?itok=zAxGGwV2" width="360" height="360" alt="Economic Development in the area of Agriculture"></p> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="text-dark-silver h4">Economic Development</span></p> <p class="text-align-center"><span class="lead">spearheading efforts to ensure resilience to future climate, economic, and policy shocks.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <p class="text-align-center"> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-4 paragraph paragraph--type--az-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-text-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p> </p> <p><span class="text-dark-silver h2">Fulfilling Our Land-Grant Mission</span></p> <div class="ck-widget ck-widget bs_grid"> <div class="ck-widget ck-widget row" data-row-none="4_8" data-row-sm="none" data-row-md="none" data-row-lg="none" data-row-xl="none" data-row-xxl="none"> <div class="col-4"> <div> <figure style="max-width: 760px;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-az-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-az-medium" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_medium/public/2024-06/remsberg_13050932464_0.jpg.webp?itok=jibpxVrK" width="760" height="507" alt="Vincente Santos,"></p> </div> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>Vincente Santos, research technician in the field at the Maricopa Agricultural Center for University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.</p> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="col-8"> <p><span class="lead">As Arizona’s land-grant university, we are driven to do great things. It’s our passion to solve some of the </span><a href="https://strategicplan.arizona.edu/grand-challenges"><span class="lead">Grand Challenges</span></a><span class="lead"> facing our state and the world.</span></p> <p><span class="lead">But what makes us unique is </span><em><span class="lead">how</span></em><span class="lead"> we do it. We live our purpose, mission and values every day.</span></p> <p><span class="lead">"As Arizona’s land-grant university, the University of Arizona has the unique capacity and mission to develop and implement potential solutions to grand challenges such as this. With this report, the commission has taken a crucial first step. The proposed actions draw on the university’s combination of expertise, connections, and sense of responsibility. Now comes the hard work of acting on these recommendations."</span></p> <p><em><span class="lead"><strong>—UArizona President Robert C. Robbins</strong></span></em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-0 paragraph background-wrapper paragraph--type--az-text-background paragraph--view-mode--default bg-chili py-5 full-width-background"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-text-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="btgrid text-white text-size-blockquote"><div class="row row-1"><div class="col col-md-6"><div class="content" style="border-left:3px solid #EF4056;"><p class="pl-4"><em><span class="lead">“Between our assets and expertise, we can show the rest of the world how it’s done properly. I want us to be the Silicon Valley of agriculture. This will be the place where industry, policy and technology are working together to transform food production.”</span></em></p><p class="pl-4"><em><span class="lead"><strong>— Joaquin Ruiz, UArizona Vice President for Global Environmental Futures, Commission co-chair and report co-author</strong></span></em></p></div></div><div class="col col-md-6"><div class="content mt-xs-4 mt-sm-5 mt-md-0" style="border-left:3px solid #EF4056;"><p class="pl-4"><em><span class="lead">“By developing solutions in Arizona, we can provide a lot of good resources and information for the rest of the world. The university specifically stands out in arid landscapes for having this great history of agricultural production and research that goes across technical solutions, water resources and policy. Our goal is to bring people together around the strengths we already have.”</span></em></p><p class="pl-4"><em><span class="lead"><strong>— Laura Condon, Associate Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Commission co-chair and report co-author</strong></span></em></p></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-0 paragraph background-wrapper paragraph--type--az-text-background paragraph--view-mode--default bg-warm-gray py-5 full-width-background"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-az-text-area field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span class="h2 text-dark-silver">Commission</span></p> <p><span class="lead"><strong>Co-chairs</strong>: </span><a href="https://has.arizona.edu/person/laura-condon"><span class="lead">Laura Condon</span></a><span class="lead">, associate professor in the </span><a href="https://has.arizona.edu/"><span class="lead">Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences</span></a><span class="lead"> and </span><a href="https://biosphere2.org/person/dr-joaquin-ruiz"><span class="lead">Joaquin Ruiz</span></a><span class="lead">, vice president for Global Environmental Futures and director of </span><a href="https://biosphere2.org/"><span class="lead">Biosphere 2</span></a></p> <ul> <li lang="EN-US"><a href="https://profiles.arizona.edu/person/pba"><span class="lead">Parker Antin</span></a><span class="lead">, associate vice president for research for the </span><a href="https://alvsce.arizona.edu/agriculture-life-and-veterinary-sciences-and-cooperative-extension"><span class="lead">Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension</span></a></li> <li lang="EN-US"><a href="https://air.arizona.edu/person/james-l-buizer"><span class="lead">Jim Buizer</span></a><span class="lead">, senior strategy adviser to the senior vice president for </span><a href="https://research.arizona.edu/"><span class="lead">Research, Innovation and Impact</span></a><span class="lead"></span></li> <li><a href="https://air.arizona.edu/person/sharon-collinge"><span class="lead">Sharon Collinge</span></a><span class="lead">, director of </span><a href="https://air.arizona.edu/about"><span class="lead">Arizona Institute for Resilience</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://naair.arizona.edu/person/nathan-levi-esquerra"><span class="lead">N. Levi Esquerra</span></a><span class="lead">, senior vice president of </span><a href="https://naair.arizona.edu/about/naate"><span class="lead">Native American Advancement & Tribal Engagement</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://environmentalscience.cals.arizona.edu/person/luisa-ikner"><span class="lead">Luisa Ikner</span></a><span class="lead">, assistant professor in the </span><a href="https://environmentalscience.cals.arizona.edu/"><span class="lead">Department of Environmental Science</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://wrrc.arizona.edu/person/sharon-b-megdal"><span class="lead">Sharon Megdal</span></a><span class="lead">, director of the </span><a href="https://wrrc.arizona.edu/"><span class="lead">Water Resources Research Center</span></a><span class="lead"></span></li> <li><a href="https://research.arizona.edu/person/kim-j-patten-ms"><span class="lead">Kim Patten</span></a><span class="lead">, associate vice president for </span><a 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