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This is Arbab Ghulam Qadir again. It was a really great opportunity and I learnt a lot from the fruitful discussions in the e-conference.
Regarding Question 3.4.1 ("Driven by the SDGs, sustainability development is now central in the international development agenda. Sustainable development involves three dimensions - environmental, social and economic - and it is in manifold ways connected with food security and nutrition. How can small farms specifically contribute to achieving food security and improved nutrition in a sustainable way?"):
Unfortunately, small farmers are free slaves of the world. They are working from their ancestors to feed the world with no change into their own living standard and no promise and hope of a bright future of their children. Small farms can achieve food security and nutrition in a sustainable way if:
- Access to institutional credit is ensured
- Problem of water scarcity is resolved
- Drought resistant and saline tolerant crop varieties are introduced and tested properly
- Small farmers have proper access to better health and education facilities
- The role of women in rural areas is balanced with home keeping and their involvement in agriculture
- Home-based women economic empowerment interventions are introduced through skills based trainings because when women have direct income and control on it, they spend more on family food.
For any pilot research on introduction of new crop variety, either drought resistant or saline tolerant, the land of small farmers should not be used. Even if it is used, then minimum crop produce money should be insured so that the small farmer should not be a loser if the pilot test does not provide expected results.
Arbab Ghulam Qadir
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator
Management & Development Centre (Development Consultancy Firm),
Hyderabad,
Sindh,
Pakistan
Cell: 0092-302-5237326
Off: 0092-22--2653068
Email: gqarbab (at) gmail.com
Wed: www.mdcpk.org
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