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Ag chemicals and GMOs no match for advanced natural methods in beating famine
Agroecologically sound farming is better suited to meet the food needs of poor farmers around the world because builds soil productivity without purchased inputs.
Rather than changing the genetic make-up of plants to better use external inputs of fertilizer and pesticies—the conventional modern approach—agroecological farming seeks to manage local resources to create the optimum environment for the natural abilities of crops suited to the area.
In a dynamic poster presentation, Cornell University’s Norman Uphoff explains that science-based sustainable agriculture builds upon the most insights in the contemporary biological and ecological domains, capitalizing particularly on what is becoming known in the realms of soil biology and soil ecology.
He promotes the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) because it represents a strategy that enhances food production and contributes to food security while at the same time improving the natural resource base on which agriculture and other human activities, as well as life itself, depend. He says it also is accessible to the poor, offering them greater profitability, lower economic risk, improved environmental benefits and the ability to teach it to one another.
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