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SUSTAINING FARMERS
VANDEMATARAM FOUNDATION Dr. N. SAI BHASKAR REDDY
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINING FARMERS
Farmer was independent before India got independence, but after independence farmer has become
dependent
RICH FARMERS ~ RICH NATIONS
Farmers before independence were supporting kingdoms, none of the rulers nor kingdoms ever had any debt in the past.
Food Water
Shelter Climate
Energy Environment
MAJOR CHALLENGES
Climate change
Soil fertility Water management
Market & Price Burning of crop residue
Alkalinity of soils
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Arid and semi-arid areas
• one third of the earth’s surface land area.
Crop yields are declining
• Fertilizers inputs, droughts and shortages of irrigation water
http://www.eoearth.org/edit/article/51cbeda07896bb431f692df8/
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change will
affect Food and
Water security.
The coming decades global warming will
cause Droughts, floods, changes
in rainfall patterns,
severe freshwater
shortages, and shifts in crop
growing
Adaptive measures are
needed to mitigate expected adverse
outcomes
AGRICULTURE SHARE GDP VS. EMPLOYMENT
http://data.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/wdi-final.pdf
75% rural debt is due to purchased
inputs
Farmer rarely gets profits that he deserves
for the efforts.
75% rural debt is due to purchased inputs
Farmer rarely gets
profits that he
deserves for the efforts.
LAST
FARM
ER
FARMER IS AN ASSET
& NOT LIABILITY
INFORMATION BASED AGRICULTURE
Telemarketing of farm Produce
Mobile phone applications
Internet
Webcams in market yards
Social network for farmers
Tabs for farmers
Information access & sharing
Live channel for farmers
APPS• Gps / gis• Image Processing• Data Mining• Simulation
Human / Social Natural / Environmental / Physical Economic / Political
SCENARIO 1
Policies/Structures Vulnerability Adaptability
Rural Poverty Livelihoods Diversification
Appropriate Skills Water Management
Agriculture Production Water Resources
Energy
Climate Change
Community Empowerment
Bio Diversity
CHILDREN MUST KNOW AGRICULTURE
FARMERS DESERVE RIGHT PRICE
Farmers feel bad when the whole system conspires to bring down the prices when they rarely get good price.
We are not exploiting a
farmer
They would be no more at the
mercy of policies.
The farmer would also pay
taxes for development of
nation
Once again we would see debt
free nations.
FARMER’S DESERVE RESPECT
WAY FORWARD: ADAPTATION
WAY FORWARD: WEATHER BASED CROP INSURANCE
WAY FORWARD: BIOCHAR
Biochar is another name for charcoal used for purposes other than combustion. Like all charcoal, biochar is created by the pyrolysis of biomass.
WAY FORWARD: BIOCHAR APPLICATION
SOIL CARBON INCREASEMOISTURE CONSERVATIONFERTILIZERS CONSERVATIONINCREASE IN YIELD
JAGGERYCOMPOST
BIOCHAR
SOIL MICROBES
GREEN MULCH
BIOCHAR COMPOST – OWN FERTILIZERS
CROP YIELD INCREASE
SOIL IMPROVEMENT
Way Forward: FLOATIGATION
Road
Sewerage
Clean water for irrigation
Drip Irrigation
WAY FORWARD: SEWAGIGATION
Way Forward: ROADS AS DAMS
WAY FORWARD: WATER USE EFFICIENCY
MONITORING WATER AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PARAMETERS
MONITORING
MANAGEMENT
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Way Forward: Monitoring the flows
Way Forward: Monitoring the flows
Solar Power
Arduino, SIM 900, Battery, Temp and Relative Humidity
sensor
Bowman Water Tube with ultrasonic sensor
RBC Flume with ultrasonic sensor
ClimaAdapt Project, Kondrapole, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda
Way Forward:
WATER LEVEL IN FIELD WATER TUBE USING ULTRASONIC SENSOR
Way Forward:
Way Forward: AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION
GLOW LEVEL FOR
TUBE WELLS
Way Forward:
SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT
Way Forward:
Self Help Thrift groupsPension planHealth & life insuranceCooperatives People centric policy
Storage facilitiesLoan on the storageFood processing Tech’sStock exchange – Barter system
Leadership trainingAwareness and exposureControl of Commission agents
OTHER ASPECTS
THANK YOU..