Providing regional agricultural support

Description

Providing regional agricultural support involves implementing targeted measures to strengthen local farming systems, improve productivity, and ensure food security. This strategy addresses challenges such as resource scarcity, market access, and climate vulnerability by facilitating access to training, technology, credit, and infrastructure. It fosters collaboration among stakeholders, enhances resilience, and promotes sustainable practices, thereby remedying regional disparities and empowering communities to achieve stable agricultural development and economic growth.

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.

In 1993, the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (Nairobi, Kenya) hosted the first meeting between 17 centre directors of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and the directors of national agricultural research systems in Africa (50 persons from 32 countries). The 2-day meeting increased understanding of common goals and developed an agenda for collaboration.

Claim

Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should introduce management strategies and mechanisms, such as accounting and audit services for rural people's organizations and institutions for human resource development.