Wednesday, June 10, 2015

How Empowerment Of Small Scale Farmers Holds The Key To Ending World Hunger?

Did you know that more than nine hundred million people around the world suffer from undernourishment every day?

Who holds the key to this problem? Small scale and family farmers!

Worldwide, small-scale farmers play an important role in the overall production of grain. They also hold the key to changing international agricultural conditions. A big success in ending world hunger can be achieved by making small changes in their lives.

Small-scale farmers use more environment friendly techniques to grow crops. They preserve the natural resources effectively, balancing with the nature.

According to the United Nations, small-scale farmers require necessary agricultural attention from the government and the many hunger organizations, in order to empower the cause of hunger relief.

Today, small farmers all around the world are facing issues like: climate change, debt, crop diseases and more. Insufficient finances and lack of resources threatens their survival.

These issues are demoralizing them to continue with agriculture, which can result in lesser food production. This is why it is essential to encourage and support small-scale farmers.

Supporting these farmers will help them in–
  • Increasing food production
  • Increasing food justice, security and sovereignty
  • Eliminate poverty
  • Environmental protection
Increased grain production will lead to food justice and sovereignty. Numerous organizations and groups that are fighting against world hunger are also working to support small-scale farmers in different ways.

These groups also organize workshops for agriculturalists, where they can learn new agricultural techniques and aspects to better their productivity.

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