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migration.
Extended food insecurity.
Malnutrition.
PERMACULTURE
(permanent-agriculture and permanent-culture)
Is a holistic design system for agriculturally
productive and abundant ecosystems which
have the diversity, stability, and resilience of
natural ecosystems.
relative costs.
Produce and store nutritious and diverse food, on
fertility.
Integrate household system with animal husbandry and food
garden.
Integrate crops with animal systems and perennial
multistoried plant systems (fruit, nuts, fodder, fiber,
medicinal plants, timber and fuel).
Improve soil and water conservation, catchment and
management.
Maintain long term fertility through drought resistant, deep
rooted, mulch productive, N-fixing and dynamic accumulator
plants.
skills
intercropping/hedgerows.
Culture and propagation of indigenous mycorrhizae.
Soil food web and impact on productivity and soil regeneration.
Intensive food gardens (poly-cultures, companion planting,).
Biodiversity impact on productivity and pest control.
Appropriate food processing and conservation techniques.