Developing integrated farm management technologies

Description

Developing integrated farm management technologies involves designing and implementing coordinated systems that optimize the use of land, water, crops, livestock, and inputs. This strategy aims to increase productivity, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability by combining best practices and innovative tools. It addresses problems such as soil degradation, resource waste, and low yields by promoting holistic solutions—such as precision agriculture, crop rotation, and integrated pest management—to enhance farm resilience and profitability.

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends developing integrated farm management technologies, such as crop rotation, organic manuring and other techniques involving reduced use of agricultural chemicals, multiple techniques for sources of nutrients and the efficient utilization of external inputs, while enhancing techniques for waste and by-product utilization and prevention of pre- and post-harvest losses; and disseminating these technologies to farming households, taking particular note of the role of women.