AGRICULTURE

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AGRICULTURE NEED OF THE HOUR!!!

We know that agricultural research and innovation give some of the greatest possible returns in rural development and agriculture, but we also know they are not enough by themselves. We need to use new scientific knowledge to change people’s lives, and for new innovations to impact productivity and sustainability and to improve the nutritive value of foods.

These changes are essential to face the huge challenges that are ahead. The world population is projected to grow to nine billion by 2050, and those new mouths have to be fed—not just by producing more but by also bringing an end to hunger and poverty.

We must also better nutrition in order to avoid the obesity epidemic that is now costing wealthier and emerging economies billions in healthcare costs.

WHEN CAN WE SEE SUCH

GREENISH!!!

UNEMPLOYMENT

• Rural smallholders are the great majority of the world’s farmers, but they’re leaving their farms in droves, out of desperation; they’re going to cities to find employment. We need to create viable agricultural incomes and equitable opportunities in food production so that young people will build careers in agriculture.

• All of these challenges require new knowledge and new approaches to achieve a healthy future for humanity.

GAPGender and Agriculture Partnership (GAP),

which is an inclusive space for anyone who is concerned about economically empowering women in rural areas to share their knowledge, build partnerships and enterprises, and create change.

YPARD

The same goes for youth in a sense. For many years, we’ve been developing Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), a network run explicitly by and for young people.

It now has 10,000 members, each of whom want to have a voice in shaping the future of agriculture. With farmers aging, it’s vital.

Youth don’t have access to land, they don’t have access to inputs, they don’t have the opportunity to make a viable living and grow their own livelihood. So it’s about creating opportunity, not just in agricultural production but in all the associated industries.

A new initiative that’s coming up is women in enterprise development, which is becoming a very big theme for us. We are also starting a dialogue with rural communities in the Mediterranean to address some issues like the huge youth unemployment rate in the region and the problems caused by urban drift that have led in turn to recent government crises.

We believe that by addressing root causes, promoting agriculture, and creating viable rural livelihoods, we can reduce the pressure on entire societies to give them healthy futures.