Saturday, November 3, 2007

The timeliness of eco-farming

Why is it timely to do eco-farming right now?
For one thing, Bintulu is now facing the 'oil palm boom'. Thus it is timely to track this phenomena in terms of the lives of small holders who do farming the ecological way that will help sustain this economic activity to new heights and more sustainable, naturally and financially.
Secondly, the rising oil prices have led to an interest in "bio fuel" and other alternative sources of energy, thus putting more pressure on agricultural land. Thus it is necessary to track this in a micro-sense like what can your eco-farm contribute.
Finally, global climatic change especially on the problems of global warming makes conservation a welcome agenda on the local, national, regional and ultimately the global level. Thus the importance of greening our business for example the eco-farming way.

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