Sustainable agricultural development HLPE -FAO, for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock

E-consultation : by kovutarapu Bhavan Na Rayana (simple: KBN Rayana,)… DG—IAMMA

www.theiamma.org, www.iamma.8m.com

Context, drivers and challenges

The sustainability agriculture attributes at the context of multiple culture of commodities. Ie., a combination of farm crops( main cereals like paddy/wheat etc) with subsidiary of vegetable crops/pulses etc., along with raring of domestic animals of milking, poultry etc.(value ADDED PRODUCT)

Drivers involved in this more with 1. Family farming

2. small and medium/marginal farmers

3. Farming labors

4. developing countries and less developed countries.

5. develop a land hold rights In developing countries along with land possible distributions

6. small scale agro-industries development

7. bring youth etc under farm employment including labor and

8. fixation labor wages on par to industrial sectors

9. commodity prices improvement/ minmum support price of the product., at farm level

10. finance /banking facility for farm

Challenges :

a. Strengthen the primary market to consumer market

b. Implement farmers markets wherever possible – a direct sale will cut down food price and process fee

c. Use local food more on table than import and transport—environmental friendly

d. Irrigation and or watershed development at community /individual levels e. Integrated pest management

f. Organic more with use of OM a fine food with healthy manner.

g. Farmers training and scaling the program where it success.

h. A clear development of self styled and enterprenure development.

i. Safe guard farm lands

Pathways:--

There are pathways which can develop already success stories from the other developing countries .

For eg. India – at one place all this with sustainable., and other place living at farm and running farm as business , and other creation is some farmers and non farmers creating local market and bridging for exports as agents /bokers.

How does it makes sustainable:

It is possible only with the help of using local resources including human resources , with ethics of policy in the government ., along with creation of interest among the farmers .

A question how does we can advocate it:

It is addressing with the current problems and encounters,which gives for solutions as a matrix and drivers to enable the farmer or new farmer can learn and implement and easy to earn.

Further using the farmer as a tracder for local city and urbanareas where he can sell his produce at good and fessible prices. Also possible inclusion of raising cold storage using renewable energy .

(In this regard if any information needed donot hesitate to call me at [email protected] or USA 5163239339 or sms too.)

Last but not least: advantage with this is a regular income and income generated project --- as sustainable agriculture.

By

Kbn Rayana, DG IAMMA (www.theiamma.org)