Impilo yezinhlelo zamanzi nomhlabathi weplanethi yethu ixhumene kakhulu nezinqubo zezolimo, futhi ukufuywa kwezilwane ezimbonini kunomthelela omubi kakhulu. Imfuyo emikhulu ikhiqiza imfucuza eningi, evame ukungena emifuleni, emachibini, namanzi angaphansi komhlaba, ingcolise imithombo yamanzi nge-nitrogen, i-phosphorus, imithi elwa namagciwane namagciwane. Lokhu kungcola kuphazamisa imvelo yasemanzini, kusongela impilo yabantu, futhi kunomthelela ekwandeni kwezindawo ezifile olwandle nasezindaweni ezihlala emanzini ahlanzekile.
Umhlabathi, isisekelo sokuvikeleka kokudla emhlabeni wonke, uhlupheka ngokulinganayo ngaphansi kokufuywa kwezilwane ngamandla. Ukudlisa ngokweqile, izitshalo zokuphakela i-monoculture, kanye nokuphathwa kabi komquba kuholela ekugugulekeni, ekuncipheni komsoco, nasekulahlekeni kokuvunda kwenhlabathi. Ukuwohloka kwenhlabathi engaphezulu akugcini nje ngokubukela phansi ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo kodwa futhi kunciphisa amandla emvelo omhlaba okumunca ikhabhoni futhi alawule imijikelezo yamanzi, kuqinise kokubili isomiso nezikhukhula.
Lesi sigaba sigcizelela ukuthi ukuvikela amanzi nomhlabathi kubalulekile ekusimameni kwemvelo nempilo yabantu. Ngokugqamisa umthelela wokulima kwasefekthri kulezi zinsiza ezibalulekile, kukhuthaza ukushintshela ezindleleni zezolimo ezivuselelayo, ukuphathwa kwamanzi okunesibopho, kanye nokudla okunciphisa ubunzima kuzinhlelo zemvelo ezibalulekile zeplanethi yethu.
Ukumelana ne-antibiotic nokungcola okuvela ekungcoleni kwezolimo zezilwane kuyizinselelo eziphuthumayo zomhlaba ngemiphumela emide efinyelela kude yezempilo yomphakathi, imvelo, nokuphepha kokudla. Ukusetshenziswa okujwayelekile kwemithi elwa namagciwane ekulimazelweni kwemfuyo ukukhulisa ukukhula nokuvimbela izifo kufake isandla ekuphakameni okwethusayo kwamagciwane alwa namagciwane, kunciphisa ukusebenza kwezindlela zokwelashwa ezibalulekile. Ngasikhathi sinye, imfucuza ephethwe kabi evela ku-Frecentrate Animal feed Operations (cafos) yethula ukungcola okuyingozi - kufaka phakathi izinsalela ezilwa namagciwane, ama-hormone kanye nezakhi zomzimba - ezinhlelweni zamanzi. Lokhu kungcoliswa kusongela impilo yasemanzini, iyekethisa ikhwalithi yamanzi, futhi isheshisa ukusakazeka kwamagciwane amelana nezemvelo. Ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga zifuna izindlela zokulima ezizinzile ezibeka phambili izindlela zokuziphatha ezibekelwe izindlela zokusebenzisa ama-antibiotic kanye namasu wokulawulwa kwenkuthalo okuqinile ukuvikela impilo yabantu futhi alondoloze ukulinganisela kwemvelo