المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

الزراعة الواعية، كما يطلقون عليها في الصين، هي التطبيق الشامل لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات في الزراعة. ويساهم استخدام هذه التكنولوجيا في زيادة إمكانات المزارعين وتمكينهم من إنتاج المزيد من الأغذية وتحسين نوعيتها، بالإضافة إلى تحسين وضعهم الاقتصادي وتعزيز الأمن الغذائي والتغذية. ما هي التحديات والعقبات المحددة التي تحول دون تحقيق هذه الإمكانات بصورة كاملة؟

The next few decades will witness a rapidly increasing demand for agricultural products. This growing demand needs to be met largely through intensification (produce more from the same land surface) because there is little scope for an increase in agricultural area. Ecological intensification - the optimization of all provisioning, regulating and supporting ecosystem services in the agricultural production process - has been proposed as a promising solution. The aim of this discussion is to foster a dialogue on emerging knowledge from research on ecological intensification.

The goal of this consultation is to identify potential ideas of innovations in agriculture that could promote better nutrition.

Broadcast media play a big role in disseminating information about innovations in agricultural technologies and practices while seeking to engage farmers and stakeholders in interactive discussions. John Cheburet, Kenyan journalist-producer of 'The Organic Farmer' and award winner of an Africa-wide scriptwriting competition on smallholder farmer innovation invites Forum members to discuss the nature of the relationship between broadcast media (in particular radio), extension workers and farmers.  

The degree to which the Food Security and Nutrition information produced is actually used by decision makers, and influences policy making, remains unclear. Through this discussion we would like to explore the factors that contribute to our evidence and knowledge actually being used in policy making processes.