Using appropriate farm technologies

Description

Using appropriate farm technologies involves selecting and implementing tools, equipment, and practices suited to local conditions, resources, and needs. This strategy aims to increase agricultural productivity, reduce labor intensity, conserve natural resources, and minimize environmental impact. By matching technology to farm scale and context, it addresses issues such as low yields, soil degradation, and inefficient resource use, thereby improving food security, farmer livelihoods, and sustainability in diverse agricultural settings.

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 the formulation, introduction and monitoring of policies, laws, regulations and incentives leading to the development and transfer of appropriate farm technologies.

Claim

Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should help farming household communities to investigate and promote site-specific technologies and farming systems that conserve and rehabilitate land while increasing agricultural production.