Syntropic agriculture is strongly developing in New Caledonia, fascinating more and more people
Better known as agroforestry, it is inspired by ancestral farming techniques, without pesticides and respecting ecosystems. The soil is nourished with natural and local fertilizers such as basalt, rich in potassium and phosphorus, or eggshells, which provide calcium and magnesium to the soil.
"Since there is no treatment, I verify that there is no damage caused by the caterpillars, aphids, or whiteflies," explains Mickaël Sansoni, a market gardener specializing in syntropic agriculture and former biotechnology engineer, syntropic market gardening always improves the quality of the soil. He will soon launch tests on mines with the support of the nickel fund.
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Developed in Brazil in 1980 by the Swiss-German Ernst Gotch, syntropic agriculture uses a set of techniques that aim to create agroecosystems whose structure and dynamics are inspired by the natural and original ecosystems. Through the optimization of life processes that create and maintain soil fertility, syntropic agriculture optimises agricultural productivity with a low dependence on external inputs.
It is a way of stacking time and space in regenerative agroforestry through planting, pruning and other synergic interventions in a high dense policulture and multi layered plant community. Consequently, this practice obtains excellent crops, while regenerating degraded ecosystems.
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