ONE FOOD: A TOOLKIT FOR FARMERS

The "One Food: A Toolkit for Farmers" is a guide published by WWF South Africa that introduces the One Food concept, a holistic approach integrating human, animal, and environmental health to create sustainable, climate-resilient food systems. The toolkit provides practical advice for livestock and crop farmers to protect biodiversity, manage resources like water and soil, and mitigate the impacts of climate change through agroecology and rangeland management.

• The One Food concept is a holistic framework that integrates the health of humans, animals, and the environment to identify hazards and promote sustainable food production and healthy ecosystems.
• Unmanaged food systems create various hazards that threaten environmental, animal, and human health, including invasive alien plants, pests, crop and livestock diseases, contamination from veterinary medications, and both natural and arson-caused wildfires.
• Livestock farming impacts the environment through overgrazing, which reduces carbon storage by weakening soil, and uncontrolled burning, which degrades the land. Biodiversity loss further exacerbates livestock diseases such as lumpy skin and bluetongue.
• The toolkit recommends specific agroecological practices for crop farmers to improve sustainability: using compost, manure, and mulching for soil health; implementing rainwater harvesting and shallow trenches for water management; and using natural pest deterrents like ash, marigolds, and blackjack instead of chemicals.
• Farmers are experiencing increased climate-related challenges, including floods, droughts, heat waves, and arson-caused fires. Recommended adaptations include using raised beds for flood drainage, planting windbreaks of trees and shrubs, and using straw or cloth to protect young plants from frost.

APA

WWF South Africa (2025). ONE FOOD: A TOOLKIT FOR FARMERS. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf-one-food-brochure-eng-web-2.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. ONE FOOD: A TOOLKIT FOR FARMERS. 2025. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf-one-food-brochure-eng-web-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfsouthafrica2025one, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{ONE FOOD: A TOOLKIT FOR FARMERS}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, year = {2025}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf-one-food-brochure-eng-web-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }