Up in Smoke. Can Slash-and-Burn Agriculture Be Replaced?

Description

After 25 years of research, scientist Mike Hands has perfected a sustainable farming technique called alley cropping to replace slash-and-burn agriculture in equatorial rainforests. Now all he has to do is convince governments, NGOs, and farmers who are barely scraping by to adopt it. Filmed over four years in Honduras and the U.K., this documentary places slash-and-burn agriculture within the context of two interrelated threats to global stability - accelerating climate change and diminishing food security - as it spotlights two Honduran farmers, one of whom has embraced Hands' technique and one who has adopted a wait-and-see stance.

Runtime

70 min

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Date of Publication

[2014], c2012

Database

Films on Demand

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