African Environmental Ethics: Keys to Sustainable Development Through Agroecological Villages.

IF 2.2 4区哲学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-05 DOI:10.1007/s10806-021-09853-4

Charles Verharen, Flordeliz Bugarin, John Tharakan, Enrico Wensing, Bekele Gutema, Joseph Fortunak, George Middendorf

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This essay proposes African-based ethical solutions to profound human problems and a working African model to address those problems. The model promotes sustainability through advanced agroecological and information communication technologies. The essay's first section reviews the ethical ground of that model in the work of the Senegalese scholar, Cheikh Anta Diop. The essay's second section examines an applied African model for translating African ethical speculation into practice. Deeply immersed in European and African ethics, Godfrey Nzamujo developed the Songhaï Centers to solve the problem of rural poverty in seventeen African countries. Harnessing advanced technologies within a holistic agroecological ecosystem, Nzamujo's villages furnish education spanning the fields of ethics, information communication technology, microbiology, international development, and mechanical, electrical, civil and biological engineering in a community-based and centered development enterprise. The essay proposes a global consortium of ecovillages based on Nzamujo's model. The final section explores funding methods for the consortium. The conclusion contemplates a return to Africa to supplement environmental ethics that enhance life's future on earth.

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非洲环境伦理：通过生态农业村实现可持续发展的关键。

本文针对深刻的人类问题提出了基于非洲伦理的解决方案，以及解决这些问题的可行非洲模式。该模式通过先进的生态农业技术和信息通信技术促进可持续发展。文章第一部分回顾了塞内加尔学者谢赫-安塔-迪奥普作品中该模式的伦理基础。文章的第二部分探讨了将非洲伦理推测转化为实践的非洲应用模式。戈弗雷-恩扎穆乔（Godfrey Nzamujo）深谙欧洲和非洲伦理，他建立了松海伊中心（Songhaï Centers），以解决 17 个非洲国家的农村贫困问题。Nzamujo 的村庄在整体农业生态生态系统中利用先进技术，在以社区为基础和中心的发展事业中提供横跨伦理学、信息通信技术、微生物学、国际发展以及机械、电气、土木和生物工程等领域的教育。文章建议以 Nzamujo 的模式为基础，建立一个全球生态村联盟。最后一节探讨了该联盟的筹资方法。最后，文章考虑重返非洲，补充环境伦理，以改善地球上生命的未来。

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Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics 农林科学-环境科学

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4.30

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5.60%

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics welcomes articles on ethical issues confronting agriculture, food production and environmental concerns. The goal of this journal is to create a forum for discussion of moral issues arising from actual or projected social policies in regard to a wide range of questions. Among these are ethical questions concerning the responsibilities of agricultural producers, the assessment of technological changes affecting farm populations, the utilization of farmland and other resources, the deployment of intensive agriculture, the modification of ecosystems, animal welfare, the professional responsibilities of agrologists, veterinarians, or food scientists, the use of biotechnology, the safety, availability, and affordability of food.