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Sustainable Agriculture
Posts in this category are about Sustainable Agriculture. Conventional agriculture relies on massive application of pesticides, fertilizers, and fossil fuels. It tends to be very large-scale, use large quantities of water, and depend on a handful of highly competitive crops. It results in significant levels of soil erosion, as well as the contamination of groundwater and ecosystems.
In contrast, sustainable agriculture practices encourage farms and gardens to maintain soil fertility, avoid pesticide use, and prevent erosion. Sustainable farms plant a wide variety of crops that maintain their genetic diversity over time, use water efficiently, maintain the health of nearby riparian zones, and provide as much wildlife habitat as possible.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women's Access to Land
LILONGWE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi,
was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she
assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating
together since they got married. But this was not the case.
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(0)TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Mar 10 (IPS) - Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture
into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Prolonged
droughts and floods have made the lives of small-scale farmers,
who don't have access to irrigation, extremely difficult.
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Monsanto Chief Technology Officer to Discuss Company's Research and Development Efforts to Increase Farm Productivity
Innovation in agriculture has brought improved productivity and new value to farmers, Monsanto Company's Robb Fraley will tell investors today at the Credit Suisse Global Agrochemicals Conference in London. That value will continue to translate to ...
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