المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

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  Online consultation for developing the Code of Conduct for the Management of Fertilizers

  Consultation

  21.12.2017 - 11.02.2018
  • الدكتور E.V.S. Prakasa Rao

    Independent Researcher

    الهند

    02.02.2018

    Different countries could have R&D policies of evaluatiing indigenously available materials which could be incorporated with fertilizers to enhance their use efficiency as well as reduce adverse effects on environment. For eg. research has been done in India on using indigenous materials such as neem (Azadirachta indica) cake, pyrites and natural essential oils and derivatives for enhancing N-use efficiency in a variety of cropping systems and soil conditions. Government of India has taken a poilicy decision to coat all the manufactured urea with neem oil in the country ( Prakasa Rao et al., 2017). The paper is attached.

    • اضغط "المزيد" لقراءة معلومات أكثر
    • أقرأ في صفحة منفصلة

    See the attachments:

    • Indigenous materials for increasing the efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen.pdf
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  الشباب – غذاء المستقبل مجابهة التحديات التى تواجه شباب الريف فى عمر 15 إلى 17 سنة استعدادًا للعمل اللائق وللوصول إليه

  المشاورات

  25.04.2016 - 15.05.2016
  • الدكتور E.V.S. Prakasa Rao

    Independent Researcher

    الهند

    13.05.2016

    Essential oil production for involving rural youth for enterpreneurship and livelihoods in India

    More than 60 % of population lives in rural areas in India and nearly 600 million people are youth under the age of 25 in India. Gainful employment and livelihood options combined with skills and enterpreneuship development will help improve the living standards in rural areas. Also, the increasing migration of rural youth to urban areas for employment which are already overpopulated exacerbate the problems of rural economy and gender equity.

    We have started working on the models of incoporating commercially important aromatic plants for essential oil production as diversification crops in rural India (Prakasa Rao, 2009). Recently we have produced a proof of concept of vetiver oil production in south India where technological interventions with sustainable agricultural pracices as a viable rural employment opportunity for small farmers (Prakasa Rao et al., 2015). It has to be noted that in the small farmer families, children are often involved in the agricultural operations. It is at this stage of life (below 18 years of age) that new opportunities for skills and enterpreneurship opportunities are made available to the youth of this age and also young girls could be made a part of such efforts (figures attached).

    Thus our consultations focussing such issues as presented in my note could help evolve diversified strategies to involve rural youth of both genders for gainful employment and improved livelihoods in rural India.

    Ref.

    E.V.S.Prakasa Rao.  2009.  Medicinal and aromatic plants for crop diversification and       their agronomic implications.  Indian J. Agron. 54(2), 215-220.

    E.V.S.Prakasa Rao,  Gopinath, C.T., Ravindra, N.S., Akshata Srinivas., Nagendra Prasad and Aparna Hebbar (2015). Vetiver  production for small farmers in India. In Sustainable Agriculture Reviews.Ed. E. Lichtfouse, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. Vol. 17: 337-355.DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16742-8_10

     

     

    • اضغط "المزيد" لقراءة معلومات أكثر
    • أقرأ في صفحة منفصلة

    See the attachments:

    • Medicinal_aromatic_plants.pdf
    • vetiver sustainable agric. rev. 2015.pdf
    • Vetiver production.docx
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  Harnessing the benefits of ecosystem services for effective ecological intensification in agriculture

  المشاورات

  30.11.2015 - 21.12.2015
  • الدكتور E.V.S. Prakasa Rao

    Independent Researcher

    الهند

    02.12.2015

    Hi!

    Agricultural diversification can help. We have developed models where incorporation of aromatic crops can help land scapes, provide agricultural intensification and ecological services.

    As how soil functions with aromatic crops could be improved to provide livelihood support and enhance ecological services formed a part of my presentation in the Dresden Nexus Conference ( March, 2015) organized by United Nations University, Dresden, Germany. The presentation is attached for the benefit of those who wish to know this concept.

    best regards,

    E.V.S.Prakasa Rao,
    
    Ph.D, FNAAS, FISA, FISS

    • اضغط "المزيد" لقراءة معلومات أكثر
    • أقرأ في صفحة منفصلة

    See the attachments:

    • S12_4_E.V.S.Prakasa_Rao.pdf