The Farming System that Ensures Biodiversity Conservation

7 Comments / Adaptation, Agricultural Development, Borai - The cultural capital of Pashtunkhwa, Climate change, Culture and Heritage, Farm Diversification, Fig, Natural Health, Organic food, Peoples' agriculture, Pomegranate, Rural development, The Food We Eat, Traditional Knowledge Tk, Treeography / By

Small scaled family farming plays a multidimensional role, ensuring not only livelihood but play a pivotal role in biodiversity conservation. Such farmers judiciously use the weeds and herbs grown along with the crops and use the crop residues as animal feed. Here are some pictures, I shot in my hometown Borai, Loralai which show us the beauty of this unique farming system. The farmer told me that he never used any pesticides and chemical fertilizers.