Discussion Series: Reembedding economy and society into ecosystem: Inspirations from ecological farmers from Nepal’s Chitwan Valley by Anil Bhattarai
Abstract:
During the last two hundred years, those working within industrial economy (capitalists, socialists) and society (popular movements, communists, socialists) were attempting to embed ecosystem within them. This has not worked. The global climate disruptions, depletion of lives in ecosystems, the destruction of soil fertility, the air, water and sound pollution are all manifestation of the boomerang effects. In this context, the calls for transcending this destructive industrialism have gained momentum across the globe.
In this moment of global conjuncture, I explore the centrality of farming (Duncan 1995) in creating an ecologically and humanely non-destructive future. Ecological agriculture founded on the ecosystem processes has the potential to produce food and other necessities while providing a host of other functions required for ecosystem resilience in a world increasingly faced with uncertainties and resource depletion. Based on over a decade of involvement in ecological agriculture in Nepal including a recent 15 month long ethnographic research among a group of ecologically-oriented farmers in Nepal’s Chitwan valley, I propose that the way a variety of agronomic, labour and market practices these farmers are generating provide some clues to contributing towards a future firmly reembedded in the ecosystem.
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