3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar.
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0:00 - 0:033 myths about agro-ecology you've always heard,
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0:03 - 0:06but nobody had the courage to deny.
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0:06 - 0:09Myth # 1: organic food is more expensive.
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0:09 - 0:13Not at all! Organic food appears to be more
expensive because the supermarkets, -
0:13 - 0:17where we usually buy it, charge up to 4 times as
much as farmer’s markets. (up to 463% more) -
0:17 - 0:23Myth # 2: Agro-ecological production is less
productive than conventional agriculture. -
0:23 - 0:28Agro-ecology is at least as productive as
conventional agriculture. -
0:28 - 0:32And there’s an extra advantage: agro-ecological
production enriches the soil -
0:32 - 0:35and so it remains productive indefinitely.
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0:35 - 0:42Pesticides and chemical fertilizers slowly weaken
the soil and contaminate the water. -
0:42 - 0:47Myth # 3: agro-ecology means “returning to the stone-age”
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0:47 - 0:52Actually, agro-ecological production is always adapting
in light of new knowledge and technologies. -
0:52 - 0:56While conventional agriculture always
follows the same recipe, -
0:56 - 1:00agro-ecology uses many different solutions.
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1:00 - 1:05An encyclopaedia of knowledge is spread
amongst communities. -
1:05 - 1:08Globally, we already ruin over 5 million
hectares of soil each year. -
1:08 - 1:11An area bigger than the State of Rio de Janeiro.
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1:11 - 1:1424% of our planet’s land is less productive
than it used to be. -
1:14 - 1:16Because of bad use of the soil.
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1:16 - 1:22And there’s more: around the world, we use as
much as 4.5 billion litters of pesticides. -
1:22 - 1:24And Brazil more than anyone else.
(1/5 of the pesticides use. 850 million litters in 2011) -
1:24 - 1:27We want an agriculture that can feed the world.
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1:27 - 1:29Forever!
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1:29 - 1:33How about you? How do you want your agriculture?
- Title:
- 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar.
- Description:
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3 myths about agro-ecology you've always heard but nobody had the courage to deny.
Myth # 1: organic food is more expensive.
Not at all! Organic food appears to be more expensive because the supermarkets, where we usually buy it, charge up to 4 times as much as farmer’s markets.
Myth # 2: Agro-ecological production is less productive than conventional agriculture.
Agro-ecology is at least as productive as conventional agriculture. And there’s an extra advantage: agro-ecological production enriches the soil and so it remains productive indefinitely.
Pesticides and chemical fertilizers slowly weaken the soil and contaminate the water.
Myth # 3: agro-ecology means “returning to the stone-age”
Actually, agro-ecological production is always adapting in light of new knowledge and technologies.
While conventional agriculture always follows the same recipe, agro-ecology uses many different solutions.
An encyclopaedia of knowledge is spread amongst communities.
Globally, we already ruin over 5 million hectares of soil each year.24% of our planet’s land is less productive than it used to be. Because of bad use of the soil.
And there’s more: around the world, we use as much as 4.5 billion litters of pesticides.
And Brazil more than anyone else.
Forever!
How about you? How do you want your agriculture?
- Video Language:
- Portuguese, Brazilian
- Duration:
- 01:41
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Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
Vitor Leal Pinheiro edited English subtitles for 3 mitos que você sempre ouviu sobre a agroecologia - mas ninguém teve coragem de negar. | ||
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