'Too many chemicals and synthetic fertilizers have destroyed our land and soil. So we need to go back to our roots and plant our indigenous food,' says small-scale farmer Rosa Ramaipadi
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.'Too many chemicals and synthetic fertilizers have destroyed our land and soil. So we need to go back to our roots and plant our indigenous food,' says small-scale farmer Rosa Ramaipadi
Ramaipadi is the president of Mzansi Climate Smart Agriculture, a network of rural-based small-scale and backyard farmers who engage in organic farming and permaculture to reduce their negative environmental impact. Ramaipadi says indigenous farming systems that sustained generations have been replaced by nonorganic systems that have increased the impact of climate change.
“What we are doing now is about food security and sovereignty, and we are also looking at climate justice,” Ramaipadi says. “When we farm organically, we are at least trying to clean the air because our surroundings are full of chemicals.” Ramaipadi’s love for farming was nurtured during her upbringing in Sekhukhune, where her parents had a dairy farm. “I grew up milking cattle. My mother ran that dairy farm. After school, I would go to the farm and be there with my mother milking the cows,” she says.
However, she continues to teach with a different curriculum and works with different NGOs to organize farmers and facilitate workshops. “I teach them plant production, animal production, and other farming skills,” says Ramaipadi.
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