Farmers in India are reducing their carbon footprint, which negatively affects the climate. Agroforestry involves planting woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palm trees, bamboo, etc.) next to crops.
Another natural farming method involves replacing all chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic matter such as cow dung, cow urine, and jaggery, a type of hard, dark sugar made from sugar cane, to boost soil nutrients.
With the help of Accion Fraterna, a non-profit environmental center in Anantapur, which works with farmers who want to try organic farming, the farmers increased their income to the point that he was able to buy more land, expanding their plot to about four hectares.
Like thousands of other regenerative farmers across India, most have managed to increase the fertility of depleted soil, and his new trees help to keep carbon in the atmosphere, having a small but essential role in reducing the Asian country’s carbon footprint.
Recent studies have shown that the carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry is 34% higher than that of standard forms of agriculture.