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Publication - HOW CAN ENERGY ACCESS PRACTITIONERS ENERGISE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE SETTINGS?
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This report uses five diverse case studies of crop value chains in Kenya to help document how energy access for farmers can be aligned with efforts aimed at transitioning farming systems to regenerative agriculture.
Regenerative vs more mainstream agricultural systems While there is no universally accepted definition of regenerative agriculture, common practices used across existing definitions include no or minimum tillage, integration of livestock with crops, reduction in chemical inputs, and crop diversification (through agroforestry, intercropping, crop rotations, or cover crops). These practices aim to deliver common outcomes of improved soil health, carbon sequestration, increased biodiversity, improved water resources, and increased social and the economic well-being of communities.
On the other hand, more mainstream agricultural practices include but are not limited to excessive soil tillage, use of heavy farm machinery, monoculture cropping, and unabated use of chemical inputs. Soil degradation in agricultural land is largely the result of prevailing (Conventional) agricultural practices and associated environmental implications. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) estimates that human-induced soil degradation affects 34% of all agricultural lands which has far-reaching implications for food security as 95% of human food is produced directly or indirectly on soils.
The prevailing conventional agriculture system is at odds with several sustainable developments
goals (SDGs), whereas regenerative agriculture is aligned with SDGs in the following ways: 1, 2, 8, 12.
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