Microbial repair and ecological justice: A new paradigm for agriculture
In this paper, we put forward a case for repair by showing how food security, rural economic resilience, ecological restoration, and environmental justice can be achieved through a repaired agricultural microbiome. Microbial repair must reverse the damage done by legacies of agricultural intensification to restore the microbiome’s ability to deliver key agricultural and societal functions. This project demands collaboration from diverse food system actors building on different types of knowledge.
Authors
- Nhu Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-7042)
- B. Brett Finlay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5303-6128)
- Jamie Lorimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4369-0884)
- George Cusworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7623-938X)
Institutions
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CA)
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Sustainable Agriculture
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00062-4
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research