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Benefits of Urban Agriculture Explained

Urban agriculture can help address food scarcity and the needs of a growing population by growing food in homes, rooftops, backyards, and community gardens. It provides health benefits and can be a social activity when done communally. Urban agriculture also benefits the environment by reducing carbon emissions from transportation and creating green spaces that absorb carbon dioxide. While cultivating crops in an urban setting can be challenging, with proper education on suitable crops, fertilizers, and maintenance, urban agriculture can become a sustainable way to produce healthy, organic food for communities.

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Benefits of Urban Agriculture Explained

Urban agriculture can help address food scarcity and the needs of a growing population by growing food in homes, rooftops, backyards, and community gardens. It provides health benefits and can be a social activity when done communally. Urban agriculture also benefits the environment by reducing carbon emissions from transportation and creating green spaces that absorb carbon dioxide. While cultivating crops in an urban setting can be challenging, with proper education on suitable crops, fertilizers, and maintenance, urban agriculture can become a sustainable way to produce healthy, organic food for communities.

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URBAN AGRICULTURE

Urban agriculture is one of the answers to food scarcity in the country and its

wide range of agricultural activities can help eases the food needs of the growing

population as it can be done in our homes, rooftops, backyards, community garden, and

more. It has a lot of benefits in the health and well-being of the population. In doing the

activity, I realized that urban agriculture is fun, and it can be a good way to build

friendship and camaraderie if done in a community setting. Aside from the benefits of

urban agriculture to ourselves, it is also beneficial to our environment. With proper

dissemination of information and sustainable programs in urban agriculture, it will be a

norm to produce healthy, organic foods.

As simple as it may seem, growing crops are much harder if you have finite

knowledge about agriculture and cultivating plants. The first step will always be the

hardest in every task. The first thing that you need to know is what are crops can

survive in your urban gardens, and you need to take into consideration the temperature

and the soil where you will plant your crops. You need to have even simple knowledge

about what fertilizers to use and the side effects of using organic and synthetic

fertilizers. By cultivating your plants, you know that there are no harmful pesticides and

fertilizers used in your plants that can potentially harm your well-being. Urban

agriculture helps the community by creating a green space in urban areas where plants

trap carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and then produce oxygen. Aside from our

health, it can also address the health issues in our community like obesity and

malnutrition and promote public health by having locally produce plants. Urban

agriculture is eco-friendly as it reduces carbon emissions via reducing the fuels used for
process, transports, and selling crops from farmlands to rural areas. It has a lot of

benefits that will hopefully create a domino effect and create a more sustainable

environment.

It may be hard at first, but it will be a part of your daily routine that will give you

ease in doing activities related to urban agriculture. It will also be a fulfilling experience

seeing your crops slowly growing each day. During this pandemic, many plantitas and

plantitos emerged in planting ornamental plants to use as a decoration in their homes

and ready to spend a huge amount of money for a single plant. I realized that by having

a good program in urban agriculture we can educate many people in having their

garden and plant crops aside from just having ornamental plants at homes. We can

inform them about the benefits of urban agriculture to a person, the community, and the

environment, in addition, we can teach them how to grow crops and maintain them.

Moreover, instead of distributing fertilizers, teach them how to compost and composting

can help lessen the waste in the community. Urban agriculture should a norm for

everyone to promote an environmental community.

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