Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India

The modern industrial agriculture is in crisis. People are questioning the quality, safety and sustainability of our industrial food system. People are also questioning the wisdom of scientific agriculture as science has eventually succeeded in taking the sacred out of farming. However, the crisis b...

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Main Authors: Bisht, Ishwari Singh, Rana, Jai Chand
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108170
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description The modern industrial agriculture is in crisis. People are questioning the quality, safety and sustainability of our industrial food system. People are also questioning the wisdom of scientific agriculture as science has eventually succeeded in taking the sacred out of farming. However, the crisis brings with it opportunities for decisive, positive change. Based on our recent studies on agri-food system dynamics of traditional small-scale hill farming in Uttarakhand state of north-western India, we could document some community LEK-based innovations that can bring sustainability in food and farming systems. The lessons learned are presented here in this communication that are expected to help create a regenerative farming system mainly by reclaiming the spiritual roots of farming and food systems.
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spelling CGSpace1081702025-11-11T19:05:55Z Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India Bisht, Ishwari Singh Rana, Jai Chand farming systems food systems sustainable agriculture farming system research sistemas de explotación sistemas alimentarios agricultura sostenibile The modern industrial agriculture is in crisis. People are questioning the quality, safety and sustainability of our industrial food system. People are also questioning the wisdom of scientific agriculture as science has eventually succeeded in taking the sacred out of farming. However, the crisis brings with it opportunities for decisive, positive change. Based on our recent studies on agri-food system dynamics of traditional small-scale hill farming in Uttarakhand state of north-western India, we could document some community LEK-based innovations that can bring sustainability in food and farming systems. The lessons learned are presented here in this communication that are expected to help create a regenerative farming system mainly by reclaiming the spiritual roots of farming and food systems. 2020-05 2020-05-07T07:19:10Z 2020-05-07T07:19:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108170 en Open Access application/pdf Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. Bisht, I.S.; Rana, J.C. (2020) Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India. American Journal of Food and Nutrition 8(1) p. 12-15 ISSN: 2374-1155
spellingShingle farming systems
food systems
sustainable agriculture
farming system research
sistemas de explotación
sistemas alimentarios
agricultura sostenibile
Bisht, Ishwari Singh
Rana, Jai Chand
Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title_full Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title_fullStr Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title_full_unstemmed Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title_short Reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems: Lessons learned from peasant farming of Uttarakhand Hills in North-western India
title_sort reviving the spiritual roots of agriculture for sustainability in farming and food systems lessons learned from peasant farming of uttarakhand hills in north western india
topic farming systems
food systems
sustainable agriculture
farming system research
sistemas de explotación
sistemas alimentarios
agricultura sostenibile
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