Perennial Farming

Annual crops require a high workload and high chemical use. Annual tillage leads to reduced carbon storage and land erosion. This innovation proposes to favor perennial plants or apply genetic modification to plants to create their perenniality. Perennial crops have extensive root systems, making soil particles difficult to dislodge and thereby limiting soil erosion. This deep root system is efficient at capturing water and nutrients and thus reduces water and fertilizer use requirements. Perennial crops also enhance biological carbon sequestration due to reduced soil-disturbing tillage . Furthermore, perennial crops often provide food all year round, thereby sustaining nutrition and farmers' income.