VIEW FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
countries need to create the linkage between education, technology and finance. The youth and mature people yearn for modernity and prosperity in agriculture. Agriculture has to be improved to transform rural life. Further, to accelerate agricultural production, energy, water and communication facilities have to be made available to young people, whose tastes are now constantly changing because of international exposure.
Modern agriculture requires the utilization of science and technology, through research on seeds, fertilizers and soil analysis. The long-held tradition of using extension services to boost agricultural productivity also needs to be redeemed. In the current times, effective agricultural extension services can be done through public or private agencies, provided that farmers are properly guided on how to access such facilities.
Further, modern agriculture must be based on water supply and management. In many countries, water management is still a neglected study and practice.
A family, for example, could collect, manage and utilize the water received from the annual rainfall to grow vegetables around the household with enough land space. The water management approach is also applicable to large-scale farming, in which case irrigation is necessary. Agriculture has often been stunted by the lack of sufficient investment, inadequate mechanization and lack of research support. In countries where land is plentiful, there is need to accelerate the public-private partnership to maximize production.
Even small farmers could be assisted to develop a system of crop-sharing with medium size investors, in which case a 60-40 shareholding between the
The Secretary-General’s
Pictured with three senior Parliamentarians from the Parliament of Uganda.
Dr William F. Shija (left) presenting a gift to Dr Jai Pradash Gupta, MLA, from the Jharkhand Branch.
Pictured with the President of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda, Sen. the Hon. Hazelyn Francis (centre) and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica, Hon. Michael Peart, MP, (right) during the 38th Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Regional Conference.
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