Climate Change and Agriculture

a. The information thus received can be used to improve the local capacity to be able to respond and adapt to climate change;

b. The information will be broadcasted through the telecommunications network mentioned in clause 8;

c. All information collected and required will be tied in with the database mentioned in clause 2;

d. Utilizing this framework to also act as an early warning system with respect to various;

a. Information regarding crops and livestock reactions to specific weather conditions, new irrigation cultivation, feeding or breeding techniques, scientific research on genetic modification and geo- engineering;

b. The information can be used to formulate risk- reduction policies;

c. The database must be updated at a regular interval of 5 years;

The implementation of incentive mechanisms that would grant countries, carbon credits for reducing deforestation and using green energy;

Promote agro ecology and climate smart agriculture solutions including methods such as hydroponics and aeroponics, developing rural agro-markets and agro-processing;

Address food security issues by addressing the transportation issues between the farmlands and markets;

i. Involving governments providing land to the private investor lease-free for a fixed tenure which would be utilized by the private investor to develop the transportation infrastructure;

ii. Furthermore, the government can set an upper limit of tariffs for freight transport and the agreement can be carried out through the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;

Strengthening the seed sector and knowledge dissemination system;

Agricultural diversification in favor of high value marketing values; Development of value chains by linking production and marketing centres;

Developing mechanisms to ensure that minimum support prices and provided in the event of crash in farm harvest prices;

Diversifying employment scope by increasing the involvement of tertiary and secondary sectors,

i. This can also be done by increasing investment in the agro-industry via government programs, public private partnerships .etc.;

In the telecom sector by encouraging the telecom operators to indulge in data collection as well as information broadcasting system in exchange for tax credits;

With Tier 1 being a low rise in sea levels, soil beds and fields can be raised as well as irrigation systems be put in place;

Tier 2 being a moderate rise in sea levels the earlier measures will be implemented as well as the use of more salt tolerant crops;

Tier 3 being a high rise in sea levels the land should be converted into aqua culture;

Volume of water per irrigation event which could be calculated by scientific methods;

Irrigation methods and equipment;

Irrigation to be recorded on the basis of the specifics of the management plans, all these reports to be submitted to the UNDP and the database as mentioned in clause 2 on a bi-annual basis;

a. Through this working group, several variations of seeds can be produced which are resistant to today’s and predicted climatic conditions;

And to support activities driven to address causes of problems like deforestation and soil erosion;

Suggests countries that import more than a certain percentage of food products to help finance development projects of countries they are importing from. The amount of finance each country receives should be based upon their GDP per capita;

Introducing and/or improving government sponsored, farmer credit systems that include farmer insurance and crop loans that provide protection from crop failure;

Introducing favourable agriculture strategies based on regional conditions;

Afforestation policies;

Providing low-cost water, fuel, electricity,interest free loans to the farmer, duty-free imports of raw materials for the farmers to encourage more farming and agriculture growth;

This law will lay down the amount and kind of chemicals that can be used in agricultural chemicals like pesticides, fertilizers, etc;

Banning degrading agricultural methods such as shifting agriculture;

Strongly recommends to promote the use of Biochar and other organic agricultural chemicals since it;

i. Increases fertility of the land by up to two to three times;

ii. Eliminates the need for shifting agriculture;

iii. Acts as a carbon sink and effectively acts to absorb GHG;

iv. Has earlier been in practice in the Latin American region centuries ago with the soil produced through this known as Terra Preta;

Tier 1, with reference to food availability, using the database as mentioned in clause 2 and the Food security assessment to identify areas with issues regarding the availability of food and work with the FAO hubs in the region with respect to capacity building at the grass roots level with respect to climate smart agriculture and food storage, with techniques such as Hydroponics, Aeroponics, Organic farming, traditional methods etc.;

Tier 2 to be with respect to Stability of supply and access, the FAO to establish food security specific hubs with food storage facilities, local farming communities to store a small predetermined fraction of their produce at the facility and will be utilized at times of a natural calamity, the stocks of food to be replenished every two week and the preexisting stock is too be returned to the community;

Tier 3 to be with respect to Physical and economic access to food and working with the Sustainable Agriculture fund as mentioned in clause 6 to subsidies prices of food in times of natural disasters;

Tier 4 to be with reference to Food Utilization, taking inspiration from the Feed The Future Research Strategy 3 in which specific agro climatic zones in which poverty and food shortages are identified are concentrated and identified and two to four pressing issues are targeted to maximize impact at the grassroots level;

Carrying out activities to eliminate vector population;

Improving health education, especially in the tropical and the subtropical region;

Ensuring the implementation of the WHO’s Global vector control response;

Facilitating research and implementation of dryland agriculture;

This can also be done by facilitating the involvement of NGOs like the Watershed Support Services and Activities Network that specialize in agriculture methods;

A relief fund for farmers in case of crop failure;

Additional financial assistance for calamity recovery;

An active helpline;Financial services for non-insured crop systems;

Facilitating the work of regional NGOs such as The Water Project (Africa) through partnership policies;

Adaptive non-water intensive irrigation methods such as drip irrigation, creation of sand dams and in regions with regular rainfall, creation of rain catchment systems;

To help determine the most appropriate location;

To procure and monitor seeds from the contributing nations;

To engage and assist in the extraction of seeds in case of a crisis;

Inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and irrigation tools being supplied by the contractors directly or indirectly;

The contractors being the guarantee for the farmer’s credit;The contractors possibly providing insurance against crop failure or low yield;

The government to ease the process by possibly enable the contractors to purchase land for food processing units through convenient process;

Independent implementation by providing tax incentives and tax credits on the investment;

Construction of microgeneration plants such small solar and wind farms;

Undertaking skill building workshops for women to educate them on agricultural techniques and animal husbandry;

Initiating development of transportation facilities such as bicycles and auto-rickshaws to aide the women carrying over long distances;