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Title: | Policy issues and implication of mechanization in dryland agriculture |
Other Titles: | Policy issues and implication of mechanization in dryland agriculture |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2006-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Policy issues,implication,mechanization,dryland agriculture |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) formally adopted the sustainable development goals (SDGs) on 25 September 2015. The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and focus on building a sustainable world where environmental sustainability, social inclusion and economic development are equally valued. The SDGs offer a vision of a fairer, more prosperous, peaceful and sustainable world for both the developing and the developed world. The SDGs are interconnected with FAO’s work. The first and second goals – “No Poverty” and “Zero Hunger” are associated with three of FAO’s strategic objectives, “Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition”, “Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable” and “Reduce rural poverty”. The FAO Director-General, when addressing the UN plenary in September 2015, noted that: the second goal – which is to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” – must be urgently pursued as rapid progress on that front is the key to the other goals. FAO is well positioned to support countries, especially in Africa, in achieving the SDGs. We cannot afford to miss the opportunity to become Generation Zero Hunger. FAO’s work on sustainable production intensification and agrifood systems development is an integral part, and agricultural mechanization plays a pivotal role in this process. In order to feed the burgeoning world population, it is necessary to intensify agricultural production systems. However, this intensification must not come, as has often happened in the past, at the expense of our natural resource base. FAO’s ecosystem-based “Save and Grow” paradigm recognizes this and proposes a new vision for sustainable crop production intensification – one that is both highly productive and environmentally protective. Save and Grow incorporates conservation agriculture (CA), healthy soils, improved crops and varieties, efficient use of water and integrated pest management. This volume of the Integrated Crop Management series shows how smallholder-focused farm mechanization can be developed to be entirely compatible with Save and Grow. Under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the African Union in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Africa is in the middle of agricultural transformation. Sustainable agriculture mechanization will play a significant role in fuelling this transformative change. |
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Type(s) of content: | Book |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/32808 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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