Improving Carbon Sequestration,Climate Resilience And Increasing The Productivity Of Farms Using Nature Based Solutions: The Case Of Salvation Farming Solutions

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Abstract: Global population growth is putting pressure on nature. Resources that are vital for human activities such as healthy soil for food production and clean water are becoming scarce. The worldâ??s agricultural land has become severely degraded rendering it unproductive and forcing farmers to abandon it. In Agriculture,Nature based solutions are considered long term beneficial environmentally,cost efficient and effective approaches in addressing sustainable land resource management,water quality and adaptation to climate change and is key in improving food security by increasing land ecosystem sustainability and productivity. This report is a comparison of 10+ years of maize research carried out in three different farming systems globally including India,America and Africa. Two studies were done in India in 2017 and 2018,three studies in the United States in 2014,2020 and 2022 while in Africa two studies were done in Kenya and Zambia in 2023. Salvation Farming Solutions (SFS) has developed a line of nature based,non-GMO cropping solutions (patents pending) focused on smallholder farmers designed to disrupt the global agricultural industry by improving water availability/quality,detoxifying and increasing soil fertility,significantly improving crop production and improving the nutritional density of the food produced. The goal of the program is to provide Smallholder farmers with regenerative solutions that are nature-based technologies which improve carbon sequestration,climate resilience and increase the productivity of farms. Key findings from these researches demonstrate that maize crop productivity can be significantly enhanced in soils that have not been intensively farmed most likely due to the biome vitality of the soil enhanced through nature-based solutions to improve moisture,nutrient availability,and stimulate carbon sequestration and nitrogen fixation. Soils that have been intensively farmed such as in the United States seem to be less productive on an acre-to-acre comparative basis most likely due to non-regenerative approaches which are common for large scale farming. Nature-based agricultural solutions can provide small holder farmers significant financial benefits and provide consumers with more nutritious foods.