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This is S.S. Roy again.
This e-mail conference has provided an opportunity to get an insight of the present situation of advisory services in different parts of the world especially the developing countries where it is more relevant.
While I find the observations of many participants are very pertinent and are worth emulating, very few participants have shared any experience of a self-sustaining model of rural advisory service existing in their country or given any direction as to how to make it sustainable without any external financial support (national/international).
As we all know that grant, charity, subsidy etc. cannot prolong for a long time to keep a system function. Efforts must be made to evolve a sustainable model (maybe area/sector specific or maybe uniform) that should drastically reduce the dependency of external support.
There is no denying the fact that all national governments have to play an important role in enhancing agriculture production to ensure food security for the increasing population. However, with the emergence of any self-sustaining model of advisory service, the governments may be able to focus more on research and technology development and play a more pro-active role in creation of infrastructure facilities to address the various complex issues of production, value addition and supply chain management particularly for the small farmers.
However, advisory service by private companies (multinational company like Pepsi), focusing on one or two commodities of their interest, may not be considered as an ideal model since it is primarily driven by the company's interest and not the farmer's long term interest.
Dr S.S. Roy
Flat B-17
Trinity Court
South Main Road
Lane 5,
Pune - 411001
India
(M) 91 9049455426
e-mail: ssr47 (at) hotmail.com
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