Agriculture has been the basic foundation of man’s livelihood over millenniums , and men of each epoch has contributed their share of technological development to advance the production capabilities of agriculture to meet the demand of the population.

However, science and technology which man has called upon to increase the efficiency of agriculture has inflicted extensive damages to his environment and render his attempt counter-productive. This is due to the fact that agriculture is the activity that requires not only man’s industriousness and knowledge but also involve the most important parameter which man can no longer afford to ignore- i.e. natural equilibrium.

The more man destroys the natural equilibrium, the less his productivity.

Against this conceptual background, traditional agriculture or agariculture based on traditional wisdom deserves to be considered as an alternative to modern agriculture.

Issues

Why rethinking is needed

Comparison between modern and alternative agriculture