Crop biodiversity for Ecological conservation ''food security "

Did you know that crop diversity safeguards ecological health and safety ? crop diversity involves planting different types of plants with various physiological traits such as chemical processes e.g hormones functions and their relation to the ecology. Diversity allows nature to take control of its adversities such as crop pests and diseases using versatile physiological traits exhibited by each crop for example:

1. Leguminous crops e.g beans and pea shoots are known for improving soil N levels and promoting soil carbon sequestration. With these practices, we lower the use of inorganic fertilizers known to interfere with soil microbial activities and groundwater pollution hence lower biodiversity progressively World Food Programme

2. Herbs and spices e.g basil and marigolds have a strong deterrent scent from various parts of the plant that specific important crop pests will avoid e.g 1. #marigold flowers have a smell that deters aphids #pest #IPM #Aphids -are known for secretion a sooty mold called honeydew which reduces the plant leaf photosynthetic area lowering yield. 联合国粮农组织 Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

insect pests communicate using pheromones( i.e aggregation and trail pheromones ) released by either sex for location and identification, a diverse ecology with unique character traits such as Corriander , Spider plant, basil, and rosemary, minimizes pest proliferation hence production being sustainable by creating a confusion being that the hormones are mostly wind borne. Regenerative farming techniques embrace continuity at its best Rainforest Alliance

Herbs and spices on the farm help lower the use of chemicals in crop protection, therefore, safeguarding the health and safety of the ecology for pollinators such as bees and also water bodies. Most herbs and spices are sold in the market at competitive prices due to the demand graphical curve always being on the rise, with a lower supply index. Kebba Omar Jobe

A diverse crop environment attracts beneficial insects such as ladybirds,praying mantids, and parasitic wasps which will prey on pests like white flies, spider mites, and aphids. This enhances biodiversity hence lowering chemical contamination in the environment. In Kitchen gardening adopt and implement crop biodiversity, biodiversity is an enterprise in agriculture UNEP-WCMC Trees for the Future Elphas Saizi