regenerative agriculture

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Dictionary meaning

a set of farming and land management practices designed to restore degraded agricultural land, rebuild soil organic matter and biodiversity, sequester atmospheric carbon in the soil, and enhance the long-term productivity and resilience of farming systems rather than merely maintaining current conditions; regenerative practices include minimising soil disturbance, maintaining continuous ground cover, maximising plant diversity, integrating livestock, and reducing synthetic inputs; the approach draws on soil science research demonstrating that healthy soil ecosystems with abundant microbial life, fungal networks, and soil fauna are far more productive, water-retentive, and carbon-rich than the depleted, compacted soils typical of intensive tillage agriculture; regenerative agriculture has attracted significant investment from food companies and carbon credit markets as a tool for agricultural decarbonisation