Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?
The following are my suggestions: (1) Subsidizing Inputs for Family Farm holders (small scale Farmers) (2) Guarantee pricing for the small scale farmers produce (3)Providing C
Almost all of the millions of tons of synthetic fertilizers in use today were developed in the 1950s-1970s. They work, but half of what is applied to fields ends up in waterways and the atmosphere, adding to nitrate pollution, Dead Zones, and air pollution. We need to find ways to produce more effective, less polluting fertilizers more cheaply, thus making them available more widely. Greater uptake by crops and less waste and pollution could greatly ease world hunger without adding to energy or pollution problems. A relatively small commitment here could revolutionize the field and quickly yield great benefits.
To develop social, technical and financial skills to improve their livelihoods and take social action to change policies that affect them. In addition small farmers need capital to invest in improving their production and to help process what they produce in order to capture more of the market value of their products. More funding also needs to go to research specifically targeted to the needs and opportunities of small scale farmers………….
Agricultural funding†can no longer squander its resources on ‘cookie-cutter’ approaches. It needs to be applied towards systems that foster creative and unique thinking skills, a true understanding of natural systems, the utilization of local resources under the tutelage of indigenous knowledge, as well as design systems that reunite agriculture with a community’s needs: food and nutrition security, energy efficiency, renewable fuel sources, natural building supplies, local medicines, fibers, economics, labor, and more. Often times, these are the approaches that take no funding at all…..
Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?"
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