SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES: REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION

Greetings and welcome dear readers of the #Steemitblog platform and especially to all those users who live daily in the @projecthope community. This publication is oriented to the conceptual approach that suggests the use of regenerative agriculture as an alternative that allows the decrease of carbon dioxide present in our atmosphere which is one of the main responsible for climate change and the greenhouse effect.

In this sense, the regenerative process is based on the recovery of the fertility of our soils, which implies the improvement of their quality, without the use of fertilizers or chemical products associated with this purpose.

In order to guide the reader in the use of an adequate sustainable agriculture, we will be supported by the methodological Manual of the Polyfarming project developed in Spain and that has generated considerable changes in the way of obtaining our agro-food products.

Under this approach, the most important thing is to rotate the use of our land and allow the concentration of organic matter, which will be responsible for capturing the largest amount of carbon dioxides present, in addition to increasing water retention in the soil, which is projected to 20% retention of the vital liquid.

If we analyze some statistical data, we can realize that traditional agriculture is responsible for the emission of more than 12% of carbon dioxide released in a country like Spain, a considerable amount if we multiply it by the different extensions of land used for agriculture worldwide.

So it is timely, to look for mechanisms that allow us to change these overwhelming data and according to the research and experiences of the Polyfarming team, the phenomenon behind regenerative agriculture, is a good strategy that allows us to move towards sustainable patterns that allow us to improve the health of our soils.

According to project contributions, a recovered soil, is a living and fertile soil, which is able to store more than 30 times the carbon in the form of dioxide produced in traditional agriculture, in addition, its implementation in conjunction with animals such as cattle, Moreover, its implementation in conjunction with animals such as cattle, allows obtaining pastures with a regenerative approach that allows animals to nourish the soil through their droppings, as well as giving them the necessary time so that an adequate rotation generates in other extensions of land, the necessary minerals from the organic materials produced in the same regenerative process.

Undoubtedly, it is a process that needs time and it is estimated that a soil with an optimal recovery deserves at least three years, time where the organic matter will be transformed into phosphates, nitrites, nitrates and all those indispensable substances in the growth of plants.

So in order to transform the current agri-food model, we must implement innovative alternatives that allow us to give a second chance to the land available for agriculture.

The environmental issue has shown a growing interest in recent years, so it is timely to advance in sustainability and for this we must develop strategies from different areas of knowledge, where agriculture can not escape this reality, hence the importance of this type of research that we will continue to deepen in other publications.

Based on the fact that regenerative processes applied to agriculture protect soils and all those effects that may occur at the level of biological or environmental processes, as well as the indiscriminate use generated by man.

[1] Ortigueira, P. y Ruiz, J. Regenerative agriculture and livestock farming. Article: Online Access

[1] Agricultura Regenerativa: La Fertilidad del Suelo y Manejo de Cultivos. Article: Online Access

Grateful with the community @project.hope and with all the management team of the same one that they motivate us to continue working in a mutual and balanced growth.