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What Impact Can Regenerative Farming Have on Climate Change?

By Esther Ngumbi

Regenerative agricultural practices are a set of rejuvenating farming and agricultural sustainable practices that seek to boost soil health, water resources, soil organic carbon sequestration, and soil biological diversity.

These sustainable practices include cover cropping, crop rotation, planting diverse crops, minimizing soil disturbance, using less fertilizers, agricultural inputs, and chemical pesticides, and incorporating livestock.

Adopting regenerative practices has been documented to bring multiple benefits including building soil health and quality, [and] improving biodiversity, all while helping to mitigate the effects of climate change. For example, research has revealed that cover crops can improve soil health and increase the abundance of beneficial insect communities.

 

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