THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: realities of regenerative agriculture. (Special Issue: The impact of COVID-19 on the food system.)

ABSTRACT

This article talks about the challenges and importance of regenerative agriculture. The author redefines regenerative agriculture in reference to what the farmers really experience in present days. As with sustainable agriculture, regenerative agriculture must not only meet the needs of people as consumers but also as producers/farmers and members of civil society. Regenerative farms that fail to meet these needs will not be widely adopted by farmers or sustained by the societies in which they function. A sustainable regenerative agriculture must be socially responsible and economically viable as well as ecologically regenerative. In conclusion, the author says that the regenerative potential of communities and societies depends on their willingness and ability to make it economically feasible for farmers to create and sustain negentropic farming systems. People can increase the usefulness of energy and transform solar energy into electricity. People can also increase the efficiency of food processing and distribution. But people cannot transform solar energy into food. People, including farmers,must be willing to confront the inconvenient realities of regenerative agriculture.