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What is Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture?

What is Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture?

What is Biocyclic Vegan Farming? Biocyclic vegan agriculture is a new, plant-based approach to organic farming. This form of cultivation excludes all commercial animal husbandry and slaughter and does not […]

Sustainable Agriculture

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

What is Sustainable Farming? Sustainable Agriculture is a philosophy and a set of practices that all together satisfy three different conditions: Respecting Environment and Protecting Natural Resources Securing a Fair […]

Regenerative Farming

What is Regenerative Agriculture?

What is Regenerative Farming? Regenerative Agriculture is a philosophy (followed by a set of agricultural practices) that aims to reverse the depletion of natural resources that Industrial Agriculture caused. Regenerative […]

What is Subsistence Agriculture?

What is Subsistence Agriculture?

What is Subsistence Agriculture? Subsistence Agriculture is a form of Agriculture that was practiced for thousands of years by people all around the world but now is practiced in some […]

pollinators

Why are pollinators important to agriculture?

Why are pollinators important to agriculture? Plants depend on pollination. Nearly ninety percent of wild flowering plants need pollinators like bees to transfer pollen for successful sexual reproduction. In turn, […]

climate change and agriculture

How does climate change affect agriculture?

How does climate change affect agriculture? Agriculture is heavily affected by climate change. Extreme weather conditions threaten the crops and hence the financial survival of millions of smallholders worldwide, who […]

intercropping

What is intercropping and why is it better than monoculture?

What is intercropping and why is it better than monoculture? Intercropping is an agricultural method that involves growing two different crops simultaneously at a very close distance to benefit from […]

crop rotation

What is crop rotation and why it is good?

What is crop rotation and why it is good? Crop rotation means that two or more different crops are grown one after the other. In a crop rotation scheme, a […]

soil erosion

How to prevent soil erosion?

How to prevent soil erosion? To prevent soil erosion, you must apply cover crops all year round in your field. This means that the soil will never remain bare again […]

What is soil conservation and why it is important?

What is soil conservation and why it is important? Soil conservation is a philosophy and a set of practices that all together aim at minimizing and reversing the degradation of […]

no-tillage farming

What is no till-farming?

What is no-tillage farming? No-till or no-tillage farming is a cultivation system that avoids all practices promoting the soil’s physical degradation. Farmers had been practicing No-tillage for thousands of years, […]

green manure

What is green manure?

What is green manure? Instead of applying chemical fertilizers, you can amend your soil and prevent soil erosion by planting a green manure crop. Green manure is a crop that […]

invasive species

Why are invasive species dangerous to the environment?

Why are invasive species dangerous to the environment? Invasive species are dangerous to the environment because they compete hardly with local species for limited resources and disrupt the local ecosystems. […]

monoculture farming

What is monoculture farming?

What is monoculture farming? Monoculture farming means cultivating a single crop in the field per growing season. However, this term is often used to describe the cultivation of a single […]

syntropic farming

What is syntropic farming?

What is syntropic agriculture? Syntropic farming is a form of Regenerative Agriculture that simulates the ecosystems of rainforests. Imagine a rainforest in the Amazon: Hundreds of different plant species co-exist […]

biodiversity

What is biodiversity and why is it important?

What is biodiversity and why is it important? Biodiversity is the variety of different species that exist in an area and the variety of ecosystems that these species form. Preserving […]

Soil acidification

What is Soil acidification and what are its causes?

What is Soil acidification and what are its causes? Soil acidification is the gradual decrease of soil pH over the years. It is not good because it negatively affects crops, […]

Controlled Environment Agriculture

What is Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)?

What is Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)? Controlled Environment Agriculture is a method of Agriculture in which humans control some very important parameters for the crop’s success: Air temperature, soil temperature, […]