GUIDANCE ON STRENGTHENING NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY INTERFACES FOR AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS. DRAFT REPORT
In view of the subject above; the policy should revolve round science and technology in mitigating food insecurity and climate change. This is an essential tool in meeting the current demography witnessing in the world today. If this tech is made available for all, to access across the nations, Zero hunger and Climate change would be realized in no distance time. Agricultural science and technology is not just to promote and meeting food security globally but also to mitigate climate change globally.
Adopting a realizable policy, a concise research development should be made available, especially in the global south that will help mitigate food crisis, waste, shortage and climate change. It is a narrative that could change the mode and concept of operation and give new meaning to agricultural sector globally. The world should leverage on ‘blended mechanize farming’ for agricultural sustainability.
Meanwhile, there is need for the best policy to resonate and thrive locally, national and globally that will evolve best practices for national support productivity mechanism for science and technology. Subject to this effect, building resilience that fosters the demand and supply for world demography from agricultural sector, this should be look into, ‘Agri-Students in the universities and researchers’. However, the need also varies by countries, due to national interest that determines policy formulation and implementation globally and nationally. They are factored in this form;
1. Technical support
2. Funding
3. Research
4. Programme collaboration and partnership
5. Science and technology innovation hub etc
Every nation knows it needs to scale-up in agricultural sector, food security in their country. Demography explosion has taken land use in the world especially in the global south causing climate change because of deforestation in these countries. It has really affected nations with little care or not for the available forest in the land. It can also be as a result of lack of implementation and technical know-how and technological defect in these nations.
Some nations have refused to move or shift from local or traditional practice of farming (subsistence) to a more modern practice of farming which advocate for modern tools, mechanize farming that help manage the soil strength, nutrient and fertility in the area because of scientific knowledge. However, no disputing the fact of traditional farming technology which our parents practice and ensure natural food, vegetarian and produce kept human longer and healthier those days in the global world.
But science has made known that the explosion of demography has subsumed the natural habitant for cultivation which necessitated the use of technology and mechanize farming globally that help sustain the ever glowing population in the world. This is where the issue of over emphasizing of technology and mechanize farming has harper the traditional practice (small farming) which has also driven a lot from the rural to urban settlement. The migration has become enormous that the cities are now congested, over populated because of this avert effect of science and technology that have not be well manage or practice in the global south.
There is need to reiterate, this avert effect and call for a mixture of technology/mechanize and traditional farming that will provide for natural food, nutrient for healthy living and growth. This might sound awkward but is the fact and reality of agricultural practice in the world that affects the world today.
In my own opinion, nations should give priority to science and technology, and traditional farming which will prioritize blended cultivation, blended farming. This will keep and secure our environment and make it healthy. It should be projected in the universities by agricultural science students, researchers and farmers for continuous innovation. Therefore, emphasis should be lay on the natural plantation that mitigates climate change, thereby reducing migrants from migrating from rural to urban settlement and (ie with support of government infrastructures), that boost economic resilient and prioritize national farming science and technology scale and protect the environment with little damage.
These are policy that could strengthen national agricultural science scaling with conjunction or collaboration with FAO in nation(s). If the policy revolve round this factors that have been fertilized, it will experience a better partnership and collaboration for better management for world demography and climate change.
Thank you.
Esosa
Mr. Esosa Orhue