scholarly journals Current Agricultural and Environmental Policies in Benin Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Ephrème D. Dayou ◽  
Barnabé K. L. Zokpodo ◽  
Marthe Montcho ◽  
Emmanuel A. Ajav ◽  
Isaac A. Bamgboye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Environment Impact Assessment ◽  
The Government ◽  
Benin Republic

The need to feed the population growth conducts to the development of material intensive production systems in many countries. However the absence of adequate policies has adverse consequences on the environment and the performance of the agricultural and rural sectors. Benin Republic, through its Strategic Plan for Agricultural Sector Development (PSDSA) focuses on improving food and nutrition security, improving farm level income and building resilience to climate change within the Government Action Plan (PAG Bénin Révélé) 2016-2021. The aim of this study is to analyze the current agricultural policies and his link with the current environmental policies in Benin Republic. The data from Ministries and Structures in charge of Agriculture, Environment, Health and Human being were used. Reports from some international organizations such as FAO, PNUD and FIDA were also used. It is observed and planed an increase in cultivation area, all crops yields and crops production from 2016 to 2021. That will involve the more use of agricultural machinery, fertilizers and pesticides. Added to the current environment challenges, it appears the risk of soil degradation, deforestation, water and air pollution, then global impact on the environment when this plan will be implemented. It is right that some Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) are purposed for many of the actions. However, these EIA are sometime neglected and sacrificed for the profitability of agricultural production. To achieve this agricultural goal without affect the environment, the respect of the adequate law and EIA for each single activity becomes necessary.

scholarly journals Agricultural Policies and Rural Development in Nepal: An Overview

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Deepak Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rural Nepal

This paper analyzes agricultural development in terms of policy and implementation in Nepal. More than two-thirds populations in Nepal reside in the rural area and most of them depend on agriculture. Subsistence form of agriculture is common in Nepal. Rural Area and agriculture are interrelated; like two parts of the same coin. The contribution of agriculture to national Gross Domestic Product is remarkable; however, it is declining over the decades. In fact, the agricultural sector cannot attract young people; the trend of migration from rural to urban is significantly increasing. The poverty is exceedingly marked in rural Nepal. The Government of Nepal emphasizes agriculture development in for poverty alleviation. Order to alleviate poverty, rural development, and national economic growth through the policy level. However, available data and qualitative analysis reveal that the outcome from the agricultural sector is not satisfactory due to several factors. In such situation, more than half of the population has been facing food insufficiency. Because of weak policy and implementation, the agriculture sector s been suffering poor outcome. In that way, the government of Nepal along with concerned authorities should effectively implement agriculture policies in order to reduce poverty and rural development. The agriculture-rural accommodating policies and successful performance are crucial for poverty alleviation and rural development.

scholarly journals Agricultural Crisis and Farmers Suicides in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1576-1580 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Private Money ◽  
The Government

Agricultural sector is the main income for the rural people in India. It plays a significant role in their life. In India, small and marginal farmers account for 70%, according to the 2011 census of the Government of India. These small and marginal farmers took credit from banks and private money lenders. The non-repayment of credit led to an agricultural crisis and farmers’ suicide. This study focused on the reasons that caused such a disaster. The study rests on a review of the literature which was extracted from journals, reports, and newspapers from 2004 to 2019. The review identified the following reasons for the agricultural crisis and farmer’s suicides- poverty, indebtedness, crop failures, distress, lack of awareness on new technologies, inadequate debt, marketing of produce, the high interest of non-institutional credit, and depletion of water levels. The article concluded noting that -the government had to shift its focus from industries to agriculture and shift its agricultural policies from short-term to long- term ones.

scholarly journals Disentangling the complexity of India ’s agricultural sector

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Jayanth Raghothama ◽  
Sebastiaan Meijer ◽  
Robin King
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Field Validation ◽  
Current State ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
The Government

Agricultural policies in India directly impact the livelihoods of close to two thirds of India’s population. Through policies, the government manages food security, urban and rural poverty, energy, and infrastructure, among others. Given the current state of India’s governance, the connection between policy making and its results in society becomes a key issue for research. This paper presents a game for use as a research instrument. The game can facilitate research into the policy making process at various levels of the government in India. The design is intended to understand the complexity of the institutional arrangement that defines and implements agricultural policies. The game integrates with other games that simulate other aspects of the agricultural system in India. The paper presents the verification and validation cycles followed, and identifies further steps for field validation.

scholarly journals Trade Policy, Infrastructure and Agricultural Output in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Lionel Effiom ◽  
Bassey Ebi
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Liberalization Policy ◽  
The Impact

The collapse of the international price of crude oil in 2015 and its attendant negative consequences on government fiscal capacity and development efforts re-echoed the need for Nigerians to return to agriculture as the surest means of conserving foreign exchange and revamping productive capacity. Within this context, this paper deploys the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) econometric methodology to investigate the impact of Nigeria’s trade policy and infrastructural development on agricultural value added. Findings show that in the long run Nigeria’s trade liberalization policy is a disincentive to the growth of the agricultural sector value added, while key components of infrastructure (roads, telecommunications, and electricity consumption) had a significant relationship with the agricultural sector. We advocate guided trade liberalization wherein, while embracing the principles of conventional trade deregulation, the government properly articulates the weakness of the economy’s productive structure and encourage farmers and local producers to attain maturity. Specifically, the current ban on some selected food items should be consolidated, without which Nigeria would continue to be a net food importer. Goveronment might consider studying and implementing the African Development Bank’s Infrastructure Action Plan for Nigeria.

scholarly journals Ecotourism for Eco Friendly Guest and Green Host - A Case Study on Thenmala Ecotourism Project, Kerala

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
T A Binoy
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Environment Impact Assessment

Ecotourism is a purposeful travel to understand the nature and culture of a particular area taking care not to alter the integrity of the ecosystem, while producing economic opportunities that make conservation of natural resources beneficial to the local people. Protected Areas such as national Parks, Biosphere Reserves and Wild Life Sanctuaries have figured prominently in biodiversity conservation and well-designed and managed Protected Areas can form the pinnacle of nation's efforts to protect biological diversity and also provide opportunities for recreation and tourism. Scientific studies show that planning ecotourism in Protected Areas as done in Thenmala ecotourism project, Kerala, first planned ecotourism project in India, which can be a model for other such destination development programmes. In Protected areas, developing forests as recreation spots can mitigate hardships of indigenous communities. This will provide monetary returns to thepublic exchequer, while protecting bio diverse patches with the support of the local community. For better planning and implementation of different components of ecotourism, zonalisation, site-specific action plan, reliable estimates of carrying. capacity and Environment Impact Assessment may be done in all the Protected Areas so as to avoid the ill effects of tourism. This research paper analyses and evaluates the methodology and typology of ecotourism practices at Thenmala, Kerala and proposing Thenmala as a model for the development of similar program in India

scholarly journals Agricultural Policies, Schemes and Funding: Media Responsibilities to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Morka Emmanuel ◽  
E. Moemeke, Scholastica ◽  
Nwabudike Fidelis Chike ◽  
Praise Nnaji
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
River Basin Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government

Agricultural policies and schemes are some of the measures through which the Nigerian government has attempted to address some of her challenges in the agricultural sector. Despite the MDGs/SDGs programs, Nigeria is still faced with extreme poverty, hunger, and poor education. Nigeria’s budgetary allocation is still far from meeting international recommendations of 25% by FAO. Laudable and well thought out agricultural schemes such as “Operation feed the nation”, “Green Revolution”, “River Basin Development”, “Agricultural Development Project” etc were government policies and schemes geared towards the provision of agricultural solutions. If objectives of the SDGs be realized in the country, issues of corruption, insecurity, proper education, and awareness creation etc., must be addressed by all stake holders ranging from the financial sector, the government as well as the mass media. The media are faced with challenges of news policies, brown envelops, loss of job opportunities etc., while most youths lack awareness and proper education about agricultural schemes and funding in Nigeria.

scholarly journals SKENARIO PEMANFAATAN LAHAN DI KECAMATAN MAPANGET BERDASARKAN ZONE AGROEKOLOGI DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN SISTEM INFORMASI GEOGRAFIS (SIG)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2A) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Antoneta Kartini Kotangon ◽  
Johannes E. X. Rogi ◽  
Johan A. Rombang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Land Use Scenarios ◽  
The Government

This study aimed to develop land use scenarios in District Mapanget using Agroecology Zone-based Geographic Information System (GIS). The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. Primary data were collected through surveys and direct observations in the field. The activities carried out field surveys to obtain state information field through taking pictures with a digital camera. Analysis of social data and data on potential farming is also done through the compilation of data to map the District Mapanget. Furthermore biophysical data agro-ecological, social and agricultural potential of the data compiled in a database system was using Quantum GIS program version 1.8. This study found that the use of agricultural land to non-agricultural land in the district Mapanget very difficult to avoid due to the low value of land from the agricultural sector compared to other sectors. So based on the evaluation conducted by comparing the map with a map of the existing condition of the District RTRW 2014-2034 Mapanget then it changes the function of which is no longer appropriate region where the agricultural area have been converted into non-agricultural. In order for this condition continues to be bad for the environment and agriculture will require efforts in the management and development in the District Mapanget, among others, the development of urban agriculture, every development in Sub Mapanget should always refer to the scenario Land use and Spatial plan of the District Mapanget that there are both carried out by the government, private or public. Urban agriculture has an important role for urban communities that suggested the need for land use scenarios in District Mapanget. Based on agroecological zone map and a map of the District RTRW 2014-2034 Mapanget then be collated Mapanget the District land use scenarios are divided by 3 (three) scenarios that city Scenario, Scenario frame the city, urban-rural scenario. The existence of land / space urban agriculture plays an important role in agricultural production systems and maintain the quality of the environment, because it is a major determinant spacious RTH (green open space) and the results of urban agriculture. In addition, urban farming provides employment and a source of additional revenue as well as environmentally sustainable society.

scholarly journals The Role of Vegetable Genetic Resources in Nutrition Security and Vegetable Breeding

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas W. Ebert
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Crop Wild Relatives ◽  
Wild Relatives ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Complex Inheritance

Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and the quality of food produced and consumed are decisive factors when addressing the triple burden of malnutrition. In this context, fruit, vegetables, and nuts are increasingly moving into the focus of the nutrition community. Agricultural policies and investments in agriculture are predominantly focused on staple food production, neglecting the economic and nutritional potential of fruit and vegetables. While global vegetables are well represented in genebanks around the globe, this is much less the case for traditional vegetables. Collecting efforts in hotspots of vegetable diversity in Africa and Asia are required to conserve this germplasm before it is being replaced by modern varieties. Home gardens, community seedbanks, and variety introduction through vegetable seed kits are ways how genebanks can link with the farming community to strengthen the informal seed sector. This in turn may result in more diverse production systems and increased consumption of fruit and vegetables. In the formal seed sector, vegetable breeders need access to a wide diversity of genetic resources, predominantly farmers’ varieties, landraces, and crop wild relatives. Genomics-assisted breeding is increasingly facilitating the introgression of favorable genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) with complex inheritance patterns from wild species into cultigens. This will lead to wider use of crop wild relatives in the development of resilient cultivars.

scholarly journals THE STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WITH THE HELP OF TERRITORIAL AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mykola Kravchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Regulatory Instruments ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

In modern conditions, the impact of destabilizing factors of the external and internal environment is extremely acute, which requires special attention to the study of the problems of strengthening the economic security of the agricultural sector through territorial production systems. The mechanism of interaction between the government and agrarian business in the field of strengthening the economic security of the agricultural sector in foreign countries has been implemented for a long time and is constantly being improved. Socially significant problems, taking into account the growing needs of the population, remain a priority for the mechanism of public-private partnership and are addressed to strengthen the economic security of the agricultural sector. A distinctive feature of the interaction between government and business is how effectively state institutions and management of agrarian business can prevent internal and external threats and eliminate the harmful effects of certain negative components of the external and internal environment. The purpose of the study is to conduct a detailed scientific and practical substantiation of ways to strengthen the economic security of the agricultural sector with the help of territorial production systems in Ukraine and identify areas for improvement of this sector of the economy. Research methods: analysis and synthesis; analytical modeling; comparative analysis; systematization, generalization. Results. The current mechanism for implementing measures through territorial production systems to strengthen the economic security of the agricultural sector is not sufficiently adapted to the national socio-economic space, and therefore there are certain disparities in the implementation of economic development of the country and regions. Current trends in the transformation of socio-economic space confirm the insufficient level of influence of current measures to strengthen economic security of the agricultural sector, and the presence of characteristic asymmetry of socio-economic development of the country and regions requires greater focus on modernization of regulatory instruments, including ways to strengthen economic security -production systems. As a result of the study, further prospects for the implementation of alternative measures to strengthen the economic security of the agricultural sector through territorial production systems, found that each country is characterized by appropriate specifics in implementing measures to strengthen economic security of the agricultural sector, identified effective solutions to enhance implementation measures to strengthen the economic security of the agricultural sector through territorial production systems. The results of the study should be recommended by the legislative and executive authorities of Ukraine and its subjects in the development of state programs to support the strengthening of economic security of the agricultural sector through territorial production systems.

scholarly journals Agri-environmental policies in Indonesian and Thailand: a comparison

2021 ◽  
Vol 905 (1) ◽  
pp. 012144
Author(s):  
M Y Alkayyis ◽  
D P Sudibyo ◽  
K Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Environmental Performance Index ◽  
The Government

Abstract After introducing the Green Revolution in Indonesia and the Sustainable Farming System in Thailand, environmental issues in the agricultural sector became an interesting topic. This article discusses the efforts of the Governments of Indonesia and Thailand in implementing Agri-environmental policies (AEPs). The implementation of AEPs has become a discourse that in the last few decades has played an increasingly vital role for the government to encourage the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index (SNMI). Indonesia and Thailand are two developing countries in the Asia Pacific that have great attention in implementing AEPs. Therefore, this research has two main objectives: 1) Analyzing the determinants of successful implementation of AEPs in the two countries, and 2) Analyzing the role of AEPs in each country for improving the EPI and SNMI. The method used in this research is comparative descriptive with a qualitative approach. Meanwhile, the data collection technique was carried out by studying documentation from various sources related to AEPs. The results show that Indonesia’s AEPs, the Green Revolution, improve the SNMI indicators. Meanwhile, the determinant of the success of the AEPs, namely the Sustainable Farming System in Thailand, is in optimizing the EPI.

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