For my final eco-event, i am going to be writing about a class friendly topic; food. The article i am choosing to write on is called 'Eco-friendly farming could double food output in developing countries'. The article is mainly about new methods of farming and how they can help get more and more food into these developing countries around the world. The article is linked here
Reaction: My initial reaction to this article was wow! I think anything that is both efficient and environmentally friendly, is super cool. Especially when it is for the greater good of the world. The article says that if farmers in developing nations make the switch from using pesticides and chemicals and go back to traditional farming, the food output would nearly double for the very hungry populations. According to one UN agriculture specialist, "So far, eco-farming projects in 57 nations had shown average crop yield gains of 80 percent by tapping natural methods for enhancing soil and protecting against pests". This statistic is huge and very important because it is great to hear that after so many years of being dominated by chemicals and preservatives, the traditional method is back to the preferred method.
What could this mean for the US? Is the United States going to adapt these ways of farming again or will it continue to be dominated by cooperations using pesticides and chemicals in our food. Hopefully, these developing countries will help and teach America for once, instead of US always helping them.
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