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How to Assist the Small-Scale Farmer - United Nations
How to Assist the Small-Scale Farmer Bob Watson Director of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs The key messages in my presentation are taken from the recently completed International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), which was approved by 60 developed and developing countries in South Africa in April, 2008. The IAASTD was co-sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNDP, WHO and the GEF. The key findings of the Global Summary for Decision-makers and the executive summary of the Synthesis Report are attached to this presentation (web address: ). Food prices: The world currently faces a food problem of high prices caused by: (i). increasing demand from rapidly developing countries; (ii) high energy prices; (iii) a series of poor harvests due to variable weather at a time of low food stocks; (iv) use of some foods for bio-fuels; (v) export restrictions from food exporting countries; and (vi) speculation of the food commodity markets.
Agro-ecology: Environmental sustainability requires increased investments in agro- ecological research, which can be most effective when it is participatory with the farmer in the middle.
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