Abstract
Traditional farming practices in Ebonyi State, which include deforestation for land expansion, slash and burn, and overuse of chemical inputs, contribute to the depletion of soil resources and undermine long-term environmental sustainability. One of the main factors behind these unsustainable practices is the growing disconnection between humans and the natural world, because farmers place profit before the man-nature relationship. The detachment has left a void in the ways that rural farmers engage with and view their surroundings and has also weakened the sense of stewardship that was formerly ingrained in rural farming communities. Thus, there is an urgent need for a paradigm shift in contemporary farming practices through an educational process that will reorient farmers on the need to change their present actions on the environment. This paper explained how environmental education can help rural farmers in Ebonyi State become more humane and adopt sustainable farming methods through the adoption of agroecology as an alternative farming approach that can preserve soil health, secure future food supply, support farmers' livelihoods, and combat the adverse effects of climate change. This environmental education programme for farmers has to be provided to farmers through a farmer field school.
- Environmental Education
- Humanization
- Agroecology
- Environmental Sustainability
- Farmer Field School
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