📕 subnode [[@j0lms/agroecology]] in 📚 node [[agroecology]]
  • #push [[agroecology]]
    • [[organic farming]], [[permaculture]], [[sustainable argriculture]]
    • variety of crops, rotated
    • instead of chemical fertilizers, a focus on manure and organic material from previous crops
    • it embodies ecological principles which have been tested by [[evolution]]
    • soil is actually alive: there are billions of organisms in every [[cm3]]
    • [[diversification]] and [[intercropping]]
    • [[agroforestry]]
    • "[[agroecology]] (is/might be) able to raise agricultural productivity in ways that are economically viable, ecologically sound and socially uplifting"
    • soil that is organically managed is a carbon store (as it's full of life)
    • [[carbon sequestration]] in soil and plants is currently the only known and proven technology to draw down [[co2]] from the atmostphere and in the long run stabilize climate
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