The Restorative Promise Of Agroecology
Agroecological techniques are among the most environmentally sustainable methods for addressing food insecurity and offer promising climate change adaptation and mitigation pathways. Such systems support weed suppression, help break pest life-cycles, and provide essential ecosystem services like soil enhancement, nitrogen fixation, and carbon sequestration. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has determined that agroecological food systems not only create opportunities for food security, but ‘also benefit land-based ecosystems, water, poverty and livelihoods, and human well-being’.