<p>Sustainable agricultural development HLPE -FAO, for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock</p><p>E-consultation : by kovutarapu Bhavan Na Rayana (simple: KBN Rayana,)… DG—IAMMA</p><p> www.theiamma.org, www.iamma.8m.com </p><p>Context, drivers and challenges </p><p>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)</p><p>Drivers involved in this more with 1. Family farming</p><p>2. small and medium/marginal farmers </p><p>3. Farming labors </p><p>4. developing countries and less developed countries.</p><p>5. develop a land hold rights In developing countries along with land possible distributions</p><p>6. small scale agro-industries development </p><p>7. bring youth etc under farm employment including labor and </p><p>8. fixation labor wages on par to industrial sectors</p><p>9. commodity prices improvement/ minmum support price of the product., at farm level</p><p>10. finance /banking facility for farm</p><p>Challenges :</p><p> a. Strengthen the primary market to consumer market</p><p> b. Implement farmers markets wherever possible – a direct sale will cut down food price and process fee</p><p> c. Use local food more on table than import and transport—environmental friendly</p><p> d. Irrigation and or watershed development at community /individual levels e. Integrated pest management </p><p> f. Organic more with use of OM a fine food with healthy manner.</p><p> g. Farmers training and scaling the program where it success. </p><p> h. A clear development of self styled and enterprenure development.</p><p> i. Safe guard farm lands </p><p>Pathways:--</p><p>There are pathways which can develop already success stories from the other developing countries .</p><p>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.</p><p>How does it makes sustainable:</p><p>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 .</p><p>A question how does we can advocate it:</p><p>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.</p><p>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 .</p><p>(In this regard if any information needed donot hesitate to call me at [email protected] or USA 5163239339 or sms too.)</p><p>Last but not least: advantage with this is a regular income and income generated project --- as sustainable agriculture. </p><p>By</p><p>Kbn Rayana, DG IAMMA (www.theiamma.org)</p>