Appropriate knowledge for smallholder farmers will make the world more food secure

Dileepkumar, G (2012) Appropriate knowledge for smallholder farmers will make the world more food secure. The GCARD blog.

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Abstract

Millions of food insecure farmers could improve their yields, incomes and resilience if they have access to the appropriate information and knowledge which further helps them make informed choices about their farm. Yet, despite many new information and communication technologies (ICT) and successful pilot initiatives, reaching out to these farmers with the right information at the right time is still largely an unmet challenge. This is one of the reasons why the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD2) conference highlighted this knowledge access issue as a priority to unlock the potential of smallholder agriculture for a food secure future...

Item Type: Other
Divisions: Others
CRP: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: ICT, Smallholder farmers
Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited: 07 May 2015 05:04
Last Modified: 07 May 2015 05:07
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8702
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