RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICYMAKERS

As global leaders prepare to meet at the Rio+20 (UNCSD) summit in 2012, they should not neglect the central role of agriculture in delivering a green economy and to the role of farmers as drivers of these changes.

Comprehensive solutions are needed for sustainable agriculture. Agro Mindset Organisation offers the following recommendations for incorporating agriculture into their agenda focusing on the “green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication”.

     1. Reducing poverty
Make agriculture a driver for poverty reduction by ensuring policies link producers to markets and enable value to be created throughout the supply chain to help create income opportunities and diversify rural activities.
            
2. Enhancing sustainable productivity
The world will need to produce more with less to meet demand and reduce its environmental footprint. Increasing production and productivity should be a priority to protect habitat.

3. Innovation, Research and Extension Services
Invest in training, knowledge sharing, extension services, as well research and development to close the uptake gap for existing tools and ensure new solutions are available for tomorrow.

                 "THE BEST CULTURE IS AGRICULTURE" 

by: David Asiamah ( C.O: Agro Mindset Organisation)