Regenerative Agriculture
Definition and Core Principles
Regenerative agriculture is an outcome-based approach to farming that seeks to restore and enhance soil health, protect water and biodiversity, and improve long-term farm productivity and resilience, rather than merely sustaining current output. It is built around core practices: minimizing soil disturbance (reduced/no tillage), maintaining continuous soil cover (cover cropping, mulching), diversifying crops through rotation and intercropping, integrating livestock, and incorporating trees through agroforestry.
- Core practices: cover cropping, reduced/no-till farming, crop rotation, agroforestry, and increased use of organic inputs for soil nutrition.
- The approach is outcome-focused (measured by soil organic carbon, biodiversity, and resilience gains) rather than input-restriction-focused.
- FAO's Global Soil Partnership promotes aligned practices (crop rotation, organic amendments, reduced tillage) under its Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management.
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