carbon in the soil and help to reverse climate change, while repairing damaged ecosystems and turning around land degradation. When agricultural processes can suck large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere if pursued on a wide scale, this may remove the impetus to work towards the same goal by pursuing potentially risky geoengineering experiments.
One important aspect of his strategy is the heavy pruning, which kick- starts several processes. Vegetation accelerates its root growth, which in turn stimulates production of the hormone gibberellic acid that enhances plant growth. A secondary effect is increased delivery of nutrients from bacteria and fungi, as a natural chemical-free form of fertilisation. Pruning also increases the rate of
photosynthesis and consequently carbon sequestration. This ties in with global moves towards a regenerative agriculture that can fix atmospheric
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SYNTROPIC AGRICULTURE Götsch has chosen to call his system ‘syntropic’ agriculture, indicating the opposite of entropy (the tendency towards an increasing level of disorder). His approach shares similarities with permaculture, especially its food forest model, but has a comparatively narrower focus. With agricultural inputs created onsite, there is no need to import them from further afield. Syntropic agriculture lends itself best to the tropics and subtropics, where plant growth is vigorous. It could be summarised as intensive, organic, and regenerative, and can be applied to large acreages where it combines well with the use of agricultural machinery. The tropical belt has a great need of
food for a growing population. Syntropic farming, like other forms of agroforestry, may be a part of the solution. It has
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Syntropic agriculture lends itself best to the tropics and subtropics, where plant growth is vigorous.
spread to different parts of Brazil, and has recently arrived in Australia, where there are two pilot projects on the New South Wales North Coast. One of these is near Byron Bay, and the other is at Chillingham, near Murwillumbah. Courses were recently held for anybody interested in seeing how this agroforestry system might work on their land, and hopefully others will be taking place in the future. ■
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