Now the real forest that exists away from
the limits of the city has to be mingled
with the agriculture.In other words the lands of the real forest that exists
far away from the city, those lands of the forest has to be converted in the agricultural land without cutting off and
destructing the natural forest that exists and mingle it for the purpose of
agriculture to boost the output of the agriculture.
How can it be done is an attempt by me
that I put it over here and there are some salient points and feature that I
write here for the Union Government of the day responsible for the forestry
that could fall on it, take some points from here as these are vital and move
ahead for the same to make the possible.
SOFO : A report that could visualize the same and
could be afood of thought
The STATE OF WORLD FOREST an establishment in this
regard has come out with it’s view on the same and that is put here in a bit
and part which serves as an useful reading for treading
While agriculture can feed the world’s
population, it is responsible for deforestation globally. The SOFO report shows
how food security can be ensured by maintaining forest cover
Forests
produce timber and non-timber products, conserve soil, recharge groundwater,
purify air, provide habitat for biodiversity and benefit local communities
Food Security : Link the agriculture with the
forest – results will be astonishing
The latest edition of the State of the World’s Forests (SOFO)
report explores the relationship between agriculture and
forestry for a food-secure future.
World leaders adopted the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for the next 15 years in September
2015 to take forward the global development initiative from the Millennium
Development Goals.
Pic:: Net Change In Agriculture And The Forest Area In The World From 2000
As part of their commitment to the SDGs, countries are
committed to end hunger by 2030 by ensuring sustainable food production. Making agriculture
sustainable is essential for future food production in the face
of climate
change.
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as
well as the Paris Agreement on climate change, recognises that we can no longer
look at food security and the management of natural resources separately,"
said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Forest : How can it manifold and manifest the food production
In the picture above it is cleary shown that by whih and by what a means the countries existing at the world have brought in a kind of an overall change in their agriculture system. They did manage to enter into the forest and they without cutting off or deforesting, have used the forest land to convert it into agricultural land and have blended them, both to remain stable and to get the yield out of them to enhance the overall produce of the agriculture and also making the best use of the forest to get the forest produce out of them.
The picture in itself depicts the net gains and the net losses of the lands and the equilisation as well when attemting the procedure to do so, and all about the NO-CHANGE in the area under both the land use. This serves as a useful reading and this can be a great source of help and use to the union Ministry in case if it wishes to embark on this project which it should by any means.
While agriculture can
feed the world’s population, it is responsible for deforestation globally.
The SOFO report shows how food security can be ensured by maintaining forest
cover.
According to Jonah Busch, senior research fellow at the
US-based non-profit Center for Global Development, “…forests contribute toward
the achievement of many Sustainable Development Goals—not just climate and
biodiversity, but also food security, energy, clean water and health.”
The report says that forests support sustainable
agriculture by stabilising soils and climate, regulating water flow, providing
shade and shelter and providing a habitat for pollinators and natural predators
of agricultural pests. When integrated judiciously into agricultural
landscapes, trees can increase agricultural productivity.
“Increasing crop productivity, if paired with direct
forest protection measures, can increase both agricultural production and
forest cover. But without direct forest protection, increasing crop
productivity can put forests at greater risk by making it more profitable to
clear land for crops,” Busch added.
Food
Security : Ensuring the provision of the
same with the augmentation of forest
Forests ensure the food security of millions of people
worldwide, as they are important sources of food, energy and income.
The SOFO report shows that some countries have
successfully increased agricultural productivity while also halting and
reversing deforestation.
Deforestation was most prevalent in the temperate
climatic domain until the late nineteenth century and is now greatest in the
tropical climatic domain, the report says.
Temperate countries have been decimating their forests
for centuries, but these days most of their primary forests are protected. The
tropics, on the other hand, are losing an area of forest the size of Portugal
every year.
Talking about the
relationship between agriculture and deforestation, Busch cited the example of
Brazil. Since 2004, the country has reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80
per cent while increasing soy production by 65 per cent and beef production by 21
per cent.
“They
did this mainly through restrictive measures—protected areas, enforcement of
forest laws, moratoria on clearing—but increased agricultural productivity
played a role too. Economist Bernardo Strassburg estimates that with modest
continued increases in agricultural productivity, Brazil can continue
increasing agricultural production for the next 25 years without cutting more
forest,” Busch told Down To Earth.
Commercial
agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of deforestation in the tropics and
sub-tropics, local subsistence agriculture for 33 per cent, infrastructure for
10 per cent, urban expansion for 10 per cent and mining for 7 per cent, the
SOFO report adds.
Seventy-one
per cent of deforestation in South American countries in 1990–2005 was driven
by increased demand for pasture, 14 per cent was driven by increased demand for
commercial cropland and less than 2 per cent was the result of infrastructure
and urban expansion. In Southeast Asia, oil-palm plantations and production of
biofuels have replaced natural forest.
Climatic change :: How to fight it
As
forests are “multifunctional”, they can combat climate change. The report says
that reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable
management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks will be essential
to fight climate change.
“Combating
climate change and ensuring food security are both extremely important. When
you compare the numbers, deforestation contributes more than 10 per cent of
greenhouse gas emissions annually, but it only expands the world’s agricultural
land by around one-tenth of a per cent a year. This means that protecting and
restoring forests is critical for stopping climate change, but
the big gains in improving food security will happen elsewhere,” Busch said.
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SDGS
and targets that refer explicitly to agriculture and forests End
hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable
agriculture. By 2030, end hunger and
ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable
situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all
year round. By 2030, double the
agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in
particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and
fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive
resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and
opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment By 2030, ensure
sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural
practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain
ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change,
extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively
improve land and soil quality. Increase investment,
including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure,
agricultural research and extension services, technology development and
plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive
capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries. Correct and prevent
trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including
through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export
subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with
the mandate of the Doha Development Round. Adopt measures to
ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives
and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food
reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility. |
Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all.
Targets include:
By
2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains,
forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes.
Sustainable and restoration by the forest
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and
halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
Targets include:
By
2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial
and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests,
wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international
agreements.By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of
all types forests,halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and
substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally.
Mobilize significant
resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest
management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance
such management, including for conservation and reforestation.
Here in this article I have put
the entire notings of the SOFO reading along with some notings and the points
which Madam Deeta Neogi had submitted in her studies on the same subject. Some
of her points are worth mentioning and highlighting and that is what I have
taken it from her text to make a meaningful article and a reading on the matter
.
That sume it all and that makes
the reading to take certain points out of the same for the Union Government of
they wish to bring about some kind of a new revolution in this subject and the
matter.
At last I would say- TIME HAS COME TO TIE THE FOREST WITH AGRICULTURE.
The world at large is doing it and India should do it as to bring about a GREAT revolution in this sector .
Thanks and Regards
Pics
Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Mr Shyamal
Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur.
He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also
added a degree in B A thereafter.
He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as
a Sub-Editor (
Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter
added a Diploma In Export
Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It published by
Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of
Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta in 2012. He
has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing .
Signature Of Shyamal Bhattacharjee
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