The conventional agriculture has the monopoly on what concerns the policies and strategies about food security. When we address the issue of food provision of a community, it is difficult to ignore the role played by the conventional agriculture. On the other part, the ecological agriculture holds the monopoly on matters such as strategy and policy development on food security. Healthy food is the basic principle of ecological agriculture. If you agree with these interpretations, I would like you to ask the following: are there compromise solutions between these types of approach on food production? How could they both co-exist on an equal footing? Is it an economic issue? Is it a matter of strong political implications? Is it about education and culture? Is it a matter of generation mentality?
Lo cierto es que si continuamos implementando la Agricultura Convencional o Industrial basada en el empleo del monocultivo, el uso indiscriminado de agrotóxico y el uso intensivo de maquinaria sin respetar los principios ecológico o más preciso, el funcionamiento del ecosistema natural en el futuro en breve plazo tampoco habrá seguridad, alimentaria. Estuve en Bolivia en el 1997 en un lugar llamado Siguiani que era la zona más productora de papa con metodo de Agricultura Convencional y actualmente va camino a la desrtificación. Por lo tanto el único camino que existe para dar alimento a la presente y futura generación es la Agricultura Sostenible. Se podrán usar tecnologías muy modernas pero tienen que estar en consonancia con los principios agroecológico y la protección del medio ambiente.
In my opinion, there is room for both conventional and ecological agriculture. Obviously there is a need to satisfy the requirements of the population and conventional agriculture has the main responsibility of meeting this demand. However, we have to make other considerations. There is a growing demand for ecological agriculture, particularly in developed countries where there are market niches of consumers with the willingness to pay more for ecological products and that demand justifies the supply from farmers willing to devote time, effort, and investment in ecological products. Additionally, thee are side effects that will also benefit the environment with a ban on chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and more rational use of water.
I concur that commercial and ecological agriculture should be able able to co-exist. However, where GMOs are used in commercial agriculture, ecological agriculture in the vicinity should avoid growing the generic crops.
Codrin Dinu Vasiliu Dear Colleague,
I think that the question you brought to this forum is still a very valid one and relevant information is being published. As an example, I would like to share the following document with you,
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Agriculture/Our%20Insights/Reducing%20agriculture%20emissions%20through%20improved%20farming%20practices/Agriculture-and-climate-change.pdf
Best regards and thank you for bringing up this question.
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