Satiate hunger through agroecology in the world

Satisfying hungry people and that too with dignity is a noble task. Today, when humanity is needed the most with global pandemics striking in, is the most difficult task too. There are many organizations, that are striving hard to feed as many hungry people as possible, different methods of agriculture are being processed.

Agricultural lands tend to lose their richness due to many possibilities and the most prominent one is environmental hazards. Agriculture and Food security is the basic need of any population for basic survival. And with the lands losing their richness it is difficult to produce nourished plantations.

Just offering food for Hunger relief in Africa, Kenya might not be enough but, the food provided to them needs to have basic nourishment. And for that matter, agroecology is speeding up.

In this article, some points about what is agroecology are mentioned along with what are the basic principles of agroecology. With Route to food Initiative, agroecology farming is the most practiced way of farming especially in countries with constant droughts.

Agroecology is a type of farming where there is an application of the ecological process to the production of the crops. As no harmful chemicals are involved in the process of production it is the best deal for the environment as well as humans.

 Right to food in Kenya's constitution deals with the situation where giving food is necessary but the food provided needs to be full of nourishment and has to be provided with dignity. But this nourishment would not be possible through regular farming methods. Hence, agroecology plays a vital role.

But why is this agroecology so important. What are the principles of this type of farming?

The Food security bill in Kenya, states that the food provided to any human needs to be provided with dignity and needs to have a sumptuous amount of nourishment. This means the food needs to be free from any chemical, needs to have vitamins, minerals, and other things that are necessary for growth as well as for providing energy to humans.

And this being the basic principle of agroecology the other principles are,

  • Salvaging the environment and saving it from harmful pesticides.
  • Saving the soil from erosion
  • Efficient uses of the already present resources
  • Protection of ecosystem
  • Strengthening of people or communities by providing wholesome food.
  • Supporting rural communities in terms of providing them work for their livelihood

And so on.

The main concept of agroecology is to protecting both humans as well as the environment. One by feeding them nutritious and wholesome food and second by not harming the ecosystem in the process of farming.

And that is why the process of agroecology is being accepted worldwide!

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