{"id":334565,"date":"2026-03-13T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriatlas.org\/the-manifesto\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:58:37","slug":"the-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agriatlas.org\/en\/the-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"The Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;47135f2e-5c74-48a7-b484-90c8d912d1e1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(127,127,127,0.78)&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.agriatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-hand-grips-soil-releasing-a-cloud-of-dust-illum-2025-04-24-21-49-43-utc-scaled.jpg&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7vw||7vw||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;20vw||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;20vw||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;beeb0d5b-b942-4699-bb3e-8b331898971f&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;100px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;99px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;56px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Regenerating Soils, Cultivating the Future<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=&#8221;9px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;25%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Arimo|||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>An advocacy by Jean-Baptiste Langellier,<\/h2>\n<p>founder of Agriatlas.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Listings&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; scroll_scaling_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;The sixth extinction is underway&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;56px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Categories&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pollution from waste, the depletion of fertile soils. This is no longer a risk\u2014it is a reality. Everywhere, the same observation. Whether in the oceans, in the rivers, in the air, at any altitude, under all latitudes, on land or in the soils\u2014the extermination of life is underway, and well advanced.   <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All terrestrial life depends on the life of soils. Yet 75% of our planet&#8217;s arable land is now degraded. Within a single human lifetime, we have exhausted what nature took millennia to build.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>This figure is not merely a statistic. It is a slow agony. It is the weakened pulse of an Earth suffocating between convulsions.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;It is time to reverse the trend&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;37px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||63px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-weight: bold; &#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Features&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;gcid-b6c4f12c-f25d-4f61-9fb1-6e96404634cd&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.agriatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/thophilong-soil-8080788_1920.jpg&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; 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We will reconcile these two worlds that seem so opposed. We will harness the robustness of life and the resilience of ecosystems to create abundance.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Agriatlas project was born<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|36|36|100|0|100|100&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Reinventing the horizon.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||-5vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;|||-5vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||-1vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; title_text_align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_align_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>On the horizon, I see an agriculture taking shape where trees redraw the contours of our fields, their roots stabilizing our soils while their leaves nourish our livestock.<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>A world where <strong>permanent soil coverage<\/strong> has replaced bare land. Where every drop of rain infiltrates instead of running off. Where every ray of sunlight is captured by photosynthesis rather than scorching the earth.  <\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>I see the <strong>biological fertility<\/strong> of living soils\u2014our true wealth\u2014become the joyful source of productivity. In this <strong>model of abundance<\/strong>, the food produced is healthy and generous. Workers live in dignity.  <\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>Our teams, through their motivation and expertise, are ready to meet the challenge. This transformation will be so vast, so fundamental, that it will become <strong>visible from space<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>a testament inscribed in the landscape itself of what humanity can accomplish when it chooses to be regenerative rather than predatory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>On the horizon, I see an agriculture taking shape where trees redraw the contours of our fields, their roots stabilizing our soils while their leaves nourish our livestock.<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>A world where <strong>permanent soil coverage<\/strong> has replaced bare land. Where every drop of rain infiltrates instead of running off. Where every ray of sunlight is captured by photosynthesis rather than scorching the earth.  <\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>I see the <strong>biological fertility<\/strong> of living soils\u2014our true wealth\u2014become the joyful source of productivity. In this <strong>model of abundance<\/strong>, the food produced is healthy and generous. Workers live in dignity.  <\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>Our teams, through their motivation and expertise, are ready to meet the challenge. This transformation will be so vast, so fundamental, that it will become <strong>visible from space<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>a testament inscribed in the landscape itself of what humanity can accomplish when it chooses to be regenerative rather than predatory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||-5vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;|||-5vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||-1vw|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the horizon, I see an agriculture taking shape where trees redraw the contours of our fields, their roots stabilizing our soils while their leaves nourish our livestock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A world where <strong>permanent soil coverage<\/strong> has replaced bare land. 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This is no longer a risk\u2014it is a reality. Everywhere, the same observation. 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