Role of Permaculture in Achieving Sustainability in Modern Horticultural Practices

Abstract

Permaculture should be viewed as a "community planning philosophy" (Maye, 2018) that aims to re-establish a human-nature connection through regenerative methods, in addition to being a system for producing food. The major issues came from modern agricultural practices that increase carbon emissions, to reduce such carbon emissions, we have to increase carbon sequestration, but in rural areas, due to the availability of forest lands or more forest trees, we can assume here the carbon emission problem is less compared to urban areas so the organic practices like urban gardens, indoor garden, terrace permaculture practices or miniature forest ideas are best to emit more carbon emission. Towards food security and long-term sustainability, an alternative method of farming should be identified urgently to mitigate the rising problems (Padmavathy & Poyyamoli, 2013). Many sectors of the world, like California, adopted organic farming practices (Schreck, et al, 2012), community garden practices in the United Kingdom (Holland, 2004), permaculture approaches in Australia (Copeman, 2016), and in Ohio, the organic gardens (Pearson and Firth, 2012) these countries or places of around the international level in both economically and ecologically taken initiatives towards adoption of small scale alternative agriculture through increasing production by changing land perspectives. Permaculture practitioners mainly focus on approaches like food safety and also emphasize maintenance, preservation, and health factors to reduce environmental health impacts (Hathaway, 2016).