For the third Mag report to appear, Futura questioned the agriculture of tomorrow. How to feed the growing population in a warming world? What models are adopted that are respectful of nature, and in particular the soil, black gold for the living? Through reports, surveys and stories, our journalists have gone out into the field, meeting researchers and peasants who feed the world. Discover the Mag Futura, in pre-order on Ulule.
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Agriculture, at the heart of the questions of the future?
Why agriculture for the third dossier? Because its transformation is a major stake for our societies which will have to fight against a global warming more and more pronounced and violent. What impact will this planetary phenomenon have on plants, and therefore on the animals that feed on them, and that we consume massively, is one of the questions that worry researchers and farmers. Will plant growth be slowed down by heat suffocating? Will crops be destroyed by floods, or even lessened by late frosts, as we have already seen in France and in other countries? What nutritional value for cereals subjected to extreme heat and droughts ?
Climate change therefore poses enormous challenges for humanity, in particular through the threats it poses to food security in the world. To avoid repeated famines, engines of political destabilization, many are calling for the cultivation of Earth otherwise. How? ‘Or’ What ? Doing “With nature, and not against it”, as proposed by permaculture. Futura has met certain actors concerned with restoring the soil. In the pages of the file, also a portfolio and a visit to a breeder converted to agroforestry.
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On the menu of the dossier on the agriculture of tomorrow
Decryption: How plants transform minerals in matter alive
Before exploring ways to improve farming practices, let’s first understand the needs of plants. Dive into the heart of these prodigious plant machines, capable of transforming theair, the light and minerals in organic matter, that is to say the basis of all living things.
Reporting : When peasants restore soil life
We met a couple of organic farmers, in the Rhône, who surrounded themselves with agronomists and microbiologists to learn how to revive and preserve their land. The opportunity to become aware of the presence of these billions of microorganisms living in a fascinating symbiosis right under our feet. Where how practices that respect the soil create a virtuous circle for agriculture.
Photo gallery : These small producers who feed the world
In the Philippines, Colombia, Scotland, Zimbabwe … Around the world in photos, via the Gaïa Foundation, peasants who cultivate on relatively modest areas and reflect the diversity of agricultural practices and traditions. A praise of the small scale and agroecological techniques as factors of resilience facing climatic hazards.
Investigation : How far can we relocate food?
The relocation of food seems to be the subject of a broad consensus, to find a certain autonomy and reduce the environmental impact of the food system. But what does it imply exactly? At what scale should we relocate? Will we have to change our diet, repopulate the countryside, maintain solidarity between territories and between countries? All of these issues were investigated.
Reporting : Agroforestry to bring livestock back to life
In the Gers, Nicolas Petit, poultry breeder, has been cooperating for 20 years with the trees on his plots. Improvement of the soil, animal welfare, damping of climatic hazards, fodder … The economic and ecological virtues of agroforestry are impressive at the Cotton Farm. But are they generalizable?
Story : How the birth of agriculture changed the Earth
10,000 years ago our species domesticated animals and plants. The invention of agriculture brought about a transformation of landscapes, sedentarization and the demographic explosion of human beings. An upheaval that could make the Neolithic the starting point of our environmental crisis? We go back to the archaeological and paleoclimatic traces of this decisive turning point.
… And many other subjects to discover in the magazine!
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