Agricultural Practices for Sustaining Mankind

The major concern of this book is to focus on the contrasting situation represented by the agricultural practices of the smallholder farming population on the one hand and industrial agriculture practised by giant corporate houses on the other, considering the former’s ability to meet the growing requirement of food by the global population. The contest between these two widely different sectors favours smallholder farmers as they derive impetus from a greater reliance on the role of research and development in support of a process of greater intensification. They overcome the hurdles of competition from industrial farming by concentrating on mitigating the effects of climate change, through a sustainable process. Their methods confirm that they will be able to meet the growing demand for food in the future without impairing the environment. This is in sharp contrast to the dangerous implications of industrial agriculture which impacts negatively on our environment and jeopardises the future of humanity.