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FAMILY FARMING:
FEEDING THE WORLD, CARING FOR THE EARTHORGANIZED by FAO and NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
Washington D.C.22nd October, 2014
S. RajaramDirector,
RESOURCE SEEDS INTERNATIONAL TOLUCA, MÉXICO
ZERO HUNGER• The United Nations (UN) designated 2014 as the
International Year of Family Farming, recognizing that an estimated 500 million family farms, involving over 2 Billion people, play a key role in food production and consumption world wide. It is thus an opportune time to encourage a shift in tackling global hunger from a "food security" focus to an agenda that promotes "nutritional security" instead .
• M.S. Swaminathan
Science Editorial 1 August 2014, Vol. 345 Issue 6196
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND BRIDGING
THE GAP FOR SMALL FAMILY FARMS
INTERAGENCY REPORT TO MEXICAN G 20 PRESIDENCY
12 JUNE 2012
• Focus on farms with:– Less than 2 ha of
land– Multiple crops and
activities– Limited access to
credit and other resources
– Family-head herself the farmer
Family Farms
Courtesy: Shivaji Pandey, FAO
Policies to Support Family Farms
1. Good governance, peace and stability encourage investments
2. Access to land, other agricultural resources, and capacity building, especially for women farmers
Courtesy: Shivaji Pandey, FAO
Policies to Support Family Farms
Courtesy: Shivaji Pandey, FAO
3. and access to credit and markets
4. Access to improved technologies and knowledge, especially for women farmers
Policies to Support Family Farms
5. Support to Farmer Associations, Cooperatives, and companies
6. Contract farming with larger farmers
Courtesy: Shivaji Pandey, FAO
NEPAL HILL MAIZE RESEARCH 2004-2010
• Funded by USAID & SDC• Helped farmers to graduate to a
seed company in the hills• Improved maize variety
Manakamana 3 vs local variety 60% more yield
Courtesy: Guillermo Ortiz Ferrara, CIMMYT
HYBRID MAIZE IN TOLUCA VALLEY: LAND OF ORIGIN OF MAIZE
• Yield of hybrid 7 Ton. per Ha.
• Yield of local criollo 2 Ton/Ha
• Adaptation constraints- cost of seed and inputs
• Cost of hybrid seed for 1 Ha $2000 pesos = 160 USD
• Net profit-- $20 000 pesos for hybrid
Source: Mario Albarrán. RSI, México.
Bangladesh- Correcting Boron Deficiency (USDA/FAS)
• 1 Kg of Boron per hectare at planting time
• Yield increase of 20% over the check variety
• 1 Kg of Boron cost 1000 taka
• Farmers had 9000 takas net profit
• Yield increase for all crops except riceCourtesy: Perry Gustafson, University of Missouri
PROMOTING GRASSPEA VARIETIES IN THE STATES OF BIHAR, WEST BENGAL, CHHATTISGARH AND U.P.
• 5160 small/ marginal family farmers
• 16000 Adivasis (TRIBAL) farmers adopted these low toxin varieties
• Grasspeas varieties have 29% protein
Courtesy: Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA
Urea Deep Placement
• Urea use reduced by 78 to 150 kg/ha
• Paddy yields increased by 900 to 1,100 kg/ha
• Average net return $188/ ha higher than with broadcasting
Courtesy: Shivaji Pandey, FAO
ADAPTING MICRONUTRIENTS RICH GRAINS
TARGET
VITAMIN A CASSAVA
25 % NIGERIA
IRON BEAN 45 % RAWANDA
VITAMIN A MAIZE 25 % ZAMBIA
IRON PEARL MILLET
60 % INDIA
ZINC RICE 41 % BANGLADESH
ZINC WHEAT 43 % INDIA
Sorce: Harvest Plus, CGIAR