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Small-holder farmers key to sustainable agri development: IFAD

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Small-holder farmers key to sustainable agri development: IFAD

by The Daily Eye Team August 7 2014, 9:00 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

UN body for development of agriculture IFAD today said small-holder farmers should be the starting point for sustainable development.

Speaking at the 8th TAAS (Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences) foundation lecture, IFAD President, Kanayo Nwanze said, “… We see time and time again the transformation that occurs when development is sustainable and when local people are involved from the start…Our starting point for sustainable agricultural development must be small-holder farmers.” Nwanze, however, stated that there is a mis-perception that small farms mean poor farms. “Nothing could be further from the truth. Small farms predominate in rich countries such as Japan, Republic of Korea and Switzerland. Developing countries such as Thailand and Vietnam have built their economies on small farms,” he said

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  

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