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صمم المزارعون المسلمون في "كينيا" دليلاً زراعيًّا إرشاديًّا لتشجيع المزارعين على مواصلة العمليات الزراعية على تلك الأرضي الأقل خصوبة، وذلك لمواجهة خطر التغير المناخي على الأمن الغذائي.

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New manual helps Africa's Muslim farmers tackle climate change

Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa, who farm some of the least fertile land on the continent, have developed a training manual to encourage more sustainable farming practices among millions of African Muslims facing a threat to their food security from climate change.

The manual explains the practical aspects of conservation agriculture, which aims to achieve profits for farmers and sustained levels of production while conserving the environment.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s 248 million Muslims are particularly badly affected by climate change because most are farmers or rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, and the majority live in arid and semi-arid areas vulnerable to droughts and floods.

“We have millions of people going without food because forests have gone, animals disappeared, soils destroyed and a huge loss of biodiversity,” said Abdulghafur El-Busaidy, a professor and the national chairman of the Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims, SUPKEM.

The manual, entitled “Islamic farming: A tool for conservation agriculture”, integrates Koranic scriptures and Islamic teachings about caring for the Earth with practical training in conservation farming.It

is a collaboration between the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), a secular British charity that works with faith groups to help them develop environmental programmes, SUPKEM and the Muslim-led international organisation Global One 2015.

INSPIRATION

ARC’s Susie Weldon said the idea for a farming manual for Muslims originated at a faith group meeting in Kenya in 2012. Muslims attending the meeting were inspired by a Christian publication, “Farming God’s Way”.

This and other similar publications, which draw on the Bible’s book of Genesis, were “very powerful among Christian farmers because they speak to them as Christians,” Weldon said.

According to Husna Ahmad, the chief executive of Global One 2015, the new manual, or toolkit, draws on the Islamic concept of “Rizq”, meaning livelihood, and outlines six “Ps” reflecting Islamic teachings: plan, prepare, plant, provide, protect and produce.

Weldon said the new publications were just the start of a multi-faith movement working towards sustainable farming practices in Africa.

“We believe this would be the beginning of a faith-based movement to help our farmers grow more food while also protecting the environment and conserving their soils,” she said.