The immediate practical obstacle, however, to choosing a food system that supports both food security and the environment is public policy. Citing Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the former Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Chappell and LaValle state: "It is a myth that the eradication of food insecurity is truly treated as a high priority." The real obstacles to ecological high-yield farming, Vandermeer believes, are research priorities and economics. "Industrial farming only appears to be more viable because it is subsidised." Even though there are at present some uncertainties, "If we applied the same research efforts to agroecological approaches that we currently do to support industrialised farming, even more could be achieved."
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:16:22 +0000
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