Problem
Neglect of agricultural and rural life
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Policy discrimination against country areasNeglect of the small agricultural producer
Underemphasized importance of rural community
Forgotten rural importance
Missing rural support
Undermining of rural culture
Prejudicial treatment of peasant farmers
Nature:
Programmes to increase food production have concentrated where gains are likely to be easiest: among larger farmers in relatively fertile and well-watered valleys and plains. Small farmers in upland and other areas that are difficult to farm, shifting cultivators, women farmers, nomadic herders, and the rural landless have been largely ignored. Agricultural support systems tend not to take account of the circumstances of subsistence farmers and herders. Such farmers cannot afford the high cash requirements of modern agriculture (fertilizer, etc). Many are shifting cultivators who do not have clear title to the land they work, planting a variety of crops on a single plot rather than using methods which have been developed for single crops on a large plot. Herders tend to be nomadic and difficult to locate and advise on modern agricultural methods. As with subsistence farmers, they depend on traditional rights which are threatened by commercial developments, and, although their breeds are hardy they are rarely highly productive.
Broader Problems:
Destruction of rural subsistence economy Narrower Problems:
Low commune priorityLack of farmer protectionNeglect of women farmersDiscontented rural workersAbsorption of rural communitiesInadequacy of agricultural educationDegradation of cultivated land systemsDiminishing capital investment in small communitiesRestricted delivery of essential services to rural communities Related Problems:
Reluctance of professionals to take country positions Aggravates:
Farm warsLimited farm mechanizationThwarted cooperative successThwarted community enthusiasmUnsustainable agricultural developmentInadequate income of rural communitiesDeterioration of staple food productionStagnated development of agricultural productionInadequate conditions of work of agricultural workers Strategies:
Advancing integrated rural developmentRomanticizing communal lifeRomanticizing communal lifeNeglecting agricultural and rural lifeReinforcing rural cultureReducing policy discrimination against country areasProviding rural support Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries → AgricultureAgriculture, Fisheries → Farming
Amenities → Rural
Culture → Culture
Industry → Production
Life → Life
Policy-making → Policy
Social Activity → Workers
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Society → Communities
Society → Countries
Society → Disadvantaged
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST