Back T. Higa
Department of Horticulture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Abstract
The world to day faces a multitude of problems, primarily that of pollution and poisoning. These cause pain to humankind, in terms of physical and mental discomfort. Analysis of reasons to these problems highlight one significant phenomenon. The world is neglecting an important part of our environment - that of microorganisms, primarily due to the fact that these important microbes are not visible to the naked eye.
The loss of microbial activity in our environment leads to many problems. Production of food, the removal of pollutants, development of a healthy environment are all determined by microbial activity.
Thus, the technology of Effective Microorganisms (EM) was developed to
overcome these problems. The technology was initiated in the 1980's in
Japan, and was based on developing sustainable organic food systems. The
success achieved in this field - both in terms of crops and livestock,
including aquaculture led to its expansion into industries and even health.
The latter was based on the development of extracts from solutions of EM,
which have abundant energy, developed through the activity of free radicals.
The use of these extracts have now spread to humankind, who use it for
maintaining health. Research identifies its use in overcoming nuclear pollution
as well. Therefore, this technology can be seen as one which has a holistic
role for the future well being of humankind, The presentation highlights
the current developments of this technology.