المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

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الدكتور Lindsay Campbell

عضو منذ
المنظمة: University of Sydney
الدولة: أستراليا
مجال (مجالات) الخبرة:
I am working on:

Agronomy; plant nutrition; wild rices; methodology; analytical techniques; legumes and cereals; management; phosphorus; micronutrients; consultancy; problem solving

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    • The extreme poor lack physical and educational resources.   Assuming they have access to land, then microcredit schemes to purchase quality seed, fertilizers if required, etc. can be very useful.  At the same time, some limited distribution of food may be necessary so that they can work productively until crops, pastures for livestock, poultry, fish ponds are producing.    Too often, the poor are weak simply from malnutition.

      In many cases, human or animal parasites limit their productivity.   This requires intervention.

      Once crops etc are produced, then the barriers to market must be addressed including transport and post-harvest losses which are often considerable.     Development of simple drying techniques of grain will reduce markedly spoilage from fungi.    On the other hand, rapid transport is required for perishable items eg leafy vegetables, meat, fish.

      In any project, involvement of the locals, including finding a local champion, is essential in all phases of the project from design to implementation to conclusion in handing it over totally to locals.

      It would be worthwhile examining some of the ACIAR [Australian Centre for International Agricultural Reseach] projects in say Vietnam, Cambodia and Africa.    Also, Dr Peter Carberry, now Deputy Director General, ICRISAT, has done some very interesting work in Africa including Buko Faso.

    • The code of conduct should include inter alia:

      Ethics of individuals, companies and organisations that are involved in the management of fertilizers.

      The code should include criteria for the quality of fertilizers and, in the negative sense, contaminant concentrations in fertilizers.

      The code should include criteria for (i) the availability of nutrients and (ii) the time course of availability especially for slow release products.

      The code should provide clear mandatory guidelines for labelling as to the elemental composition of fertilisers e.g. P, K etc. (not P2O5, K2O etc.) as well as complexing agents for micronutrients when such complexes are used. The guidelines should include 'country of origin and country of manufacture' in the labelling to minimise the number of trade disputes.

      Organic materials e.g. biosolids, biostimulants, N-inhibitors, algal extracts etc. should be included in the code but separate from the traditional inorganic fertilizers and standard fertilizer complexes for micronutrients.

      The code should be able to provide guidelines as to the consequences of over fertilization, erosion hazard, pollution of waterways or water bodies or groundwater.

      The code ultimately should be adopted to countries participating or belonging to FAO activities. In the first instance, the code will be a 'work in progress' so adoption should not be pushed to avoid adverse or unintended consequences.