Linking conservation agriculture to nutrition and health improvement requires another thinking on soil regeneration, system's sensitivity to nutrient cycling and dynamics as well as development of hidden soil microbiome for pesticide fate and degradation, plant health, soil fertility buildup and carbon sinks.
Regenerative agriculture can be practiced under many names and is often also referred to as agro ecological farming, alternative agriculture, biodynamic agriculture, carbon farming, inclusive nature farming, conservation agriculture, green agriculture, organic regenerative agriculture and sustainable agriculture. When the principles are applied in an agricultural system aimed at improving degraded soil, it is regenerative agriculture or regenerative farming; when they are applied to retain soil health, the system is referred to as conservation agriculture. Conventional agriculture has the opposite effect. Plowing, using synthetic fertilizer and chemical pesticides, and growing the same crop year after year degrade the soil and release carbon into the atmosphere. In the world of organic farming, regenerative leads the pack in its holistic view of agriculture. Biodynamic farming is a type of regenerative practice, which is defined as a means to help reverse climate change by “rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture is a food-based approach to agricultural development that puts nutritionally rich foods and dietary diversity at the heart of overcoming under nutrition, over nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
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