http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/sustainable-agricultural-growth-andsmall-family-farms/ A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:40:35 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/sustainable-agricultural-growth-andsmall-family-farms/#comment-2110 Kay Chapman Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:33:39 +0000 http://www.cgiar.org/?post_type=news&p=207121#comment-2110 Thank you very much for your comments. The report is an inter-agency report, coordinated by more than one organization. Your remarks have been forwarded to those involved for their attention. Thank you very much for your comments.
The report is an inter-agency report, coordinated by more than one organization. Your remarks have been forwarded to those involved for their attention.

]]> http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/sustainable-agricultural-growth-andsmall-family-farms/#comment-2050 Prof. J. George Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:28:24 +0000 http://www.cgiar.org/?post_type=news&p=207121#comment-2050 The above report is flawed and has a distinct bias that impede sustainability driven agriculture growth. The starting premise itself is based on conjectures about the small farms and their production landscape. Hence the issue of various factors of production to be considered for productivity enhancement in a majority of small farm dominated highly livelihood and therefore food insecure countries is burdened with esoteric suggestions about exploiting the natural resources and bio diverse hot spots. Here the exhortations of the Indian Prime Minister to the Agricultural scientists on 16th July 2011 at the 83rd ICAR Foundation Day lecture must be recalled: "As the country's apex organization for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences, the ICAR carries an enormous responsibility on its shoulders. Unfortunately there is an impression among many that the National Agricultural Research System has become somewhat insular over time and responds less well to specific demands from those in the field. You must never lose sight of the fact that your main client is the Indian farmer. Unless you engage with farmers and their problems, you will not succeed in transforming new knowledge into higher productivity and better incomes for our farmers. You must get your research questions primarily from the farmers. This is perhaps the most difficult of the challenges that you must overcome in the years ahead and which can test your commitment and ability." The report against this backdrop is highly flawed and completely discounts any possibilities of research agenda emanating from the bottom, i.e., grass roots realities The above report is flawed and has a distinct bias that impede sustainability driven agriculture growth. The starting premise itself is based on conjectures about the small farms and their production landscape. Hence the issue of various factors of production to be considered for productivity enhancement in a majority of small farm dominated highly livelihood and therefore food insecure countries is burdened with esoteric suggestions about exploiting the natural resources and bio diverse hot spots.
Here the exhortations of the Indian Prime Minister to the Agricultural scientists on 16th July 2011 at the 83rd ICAR Foundation Day lecture must be recalled: “As the country’s apex organization for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences, the ICAR carries an enormous responsibility on its shoulders. Unfortunately there is an impression among many that the National Agricultural Research System has become somewhat insular over time and responds less well to specific demands from those in the field. You must never lose sight of the fact that your main client is the Indian farmer. Unless you engage with farmers and their problems, you will not succeed in transforming new knowledge into higher productivity and better incomes for our farmers. You must get your research questions primarily from the farmers. This is perhaps the most difficult of the challenges that you must overcome in the years ahead and which can test your commitment and ability.”
The report against this backdrop is highly flawed and completely discounts any possibilities of research agenda emanating from the bottom, i.e., grass roots realities

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