strategy
Developing agriculture
Synonyms:
Accelerating agricultural developmentAdvancing agriculture
Description:
Improving the availability of water, disease control, management techniques, and strains of plants and animals in order to increase yields and profitability. Narrower:
Diversifying agricultureTransforming agricultureImproving farming systemsImproving farm managementIncreasing agricultural growthDeveloping agricultural devicesDeveloping agricultural sciencesDeveloping agricultural resourcesExtending agricultural water usageCoordinating agricultural productionDeveloping agricultural biotechnologyPromoting regional agricultural systemsDeveloping presently unusable farming landUpdating methods of agricultural productionEnsuring sustainable agricultural developmentProviding agricultural aid to developing countriesImproving legal environment for agricultural productionEvaluating effects of world trade agreements on agricultureExpanding capacity of research centres for sustainable agricultural production Facilitates:
Controlling agricultural pestsPromoting more productive agricultureProviding alternative to traditional agricultural methodology Facilitated by:
Distributing crop seedsTraining in rural developmentMonitoring farming productionProviding loans to agricultureProviding water for agricultureStudying crop pests and diseasesReducing agricultural protectionismResearching sustainable agricultureResearching sustainable agricultureResearching sustainable agricultureAbolishing unethical practices in agriculture Problems:
Agricultural risksAnimal pests
Counter-productive agricultural subsidies
Crop pests and diseases
Decreasing rate of development of major agriculture technologies
Dependence of agriculture on oil consumption
Excessive use of land for agriculture
Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Increase in pests and diseases through perennial irrigation
Introduction of high-yield crop varieties
Limited irrigation water
Misuse of agricultural chemicals
Overuse of chemicals to control pests
Protectionism in agriculture and the food production industries
Scarcity of high-quality seeds
Stagnated development of agricultural production
Underdevelopment of countries
Underuse of high productivity methods of agricultural management
Unethical practices in agriculture
Unproductive subsistence agriculture
Values:
DevelopmentUndevelopedOverproductionUnproductivityOverdevelopmentUnderproductionUnderdevelopment Organizations:
EUCARPIA Subjects:
Agriculture, Fisheries → AgricultureDevelopment → Development
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
