Barriers to Implementation

Question 1

What are the barriers to implementation of methods to improve soil quality?

Answer 1

• Economic factors
• Policy and governance
• Gaps in knowledge
• Social and cultural challenges

Question 2

What are economic barriers?

Answer 2

• High initial costs of transitioning to sustainable practices
• Lack of financial incentives for farmers
• Possible reduced yields
• Intensive agriculture is highly productive and profitable

Question 3

How is policy and governance a barrier?

Answer 3

• Wek enforcement of soil protection regulations
• Insufficient research and development support

Question 4

What are social and cultural challenges?

Answer 4

• Resistance to changing traditional farming methods
• Conflicts of interest (economists vs conservationists)
• Urban populations are psychologically distanced from soil and food production, do not recognise themselves as dependent on world’s soil and ecosystems.