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Economics aspects of conservation agriculture - A global review of the profitability, risks and dynamics from the farmers perspectives Featured

Author(s)
Dixon, J. M.
Organization
FAO
Media Type
Conference
Published in
II World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
Publication Date
2003-08-11
To
2003-08-15
File 1
Economics of Conservation Agriculture (J. Dixon, 2003).pdf
 At the turn of the Century, about 2.5 billion farm men, women and children produced some 1.9 billion tones of cereals for their own home consumption as well as sale to the urban population of 3.5 billion. Despite farmers' momentous past achievements - such as the increase of global cereal production by more than one-third since 1980 - by 2030 they will face a projected additional demand for cereals of around 1 billion tons; and an even larger increase in demand for livestock products (FAO 2003). On top of these production challenges, the prevalence of chronic hunger, famine, environmental and other development problems pose major challenges to scientists, policy makers and farmers. Following the establishment of measurable global development objectives in the Millennium Development Goals and he recognition of the close links between farm development and rural economic growth, the search for solutions to hunger and poverty has re-focused on agricultural and rural development. At least in some circumstances, Conservation Agriculture (CA) appears to be a "triple bottom line" type of farming, contributing simultaneously to farm income growth, reduced risk and positive secondary, off-farm effects, e.g., rural economic growth and environmental improvement.


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