Finding the way out from the level of agricultural research and cutting the "crisis" of the food crisis

Xinhuanet Nairobi, September 7: Tens of millions of people are struggling in the drought conditions in eastern Africa, and the power of global relief is also concentrated here. However, analysts believe that the repeated food crisis in recent years has almost become a "chronic disease" in this region. External rescue measures do not solve the problem at all, and only seek solutions from the perspective of agricultural research, reorganize the relationship between the government, farmers and the market, and use long-term strategies. To ensure food security, we can cut off the "root cause" and reverse the "drought" potential.

In a recent long-term strategy seminar on food security and drought resistance held at Nairobi, the CEO of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research stated that as a natural disaster, the drought has led to a significant reduction in food production rather than famine, and the latter should be attributed more to inappropriate The agricultural and food supply policies, the dislocation and conflict caused by conflicts, and the neglect of agricultural development. He pointed out that government intervention and scientific research should be one of the outlets for preventing the drought caused by the food crisis. This includes not only the management of natural resources, but also the research and development of drought-resistant crops, the enrichment of food crops, the improvement of livestock breeds, and the transformation of rainwater irrigation agriculture. Models and other long-term strategies with strong operability.

Page also stressed that research results must be put into practice to really play a role. These assumptions and research results must be supported by policies and integrated into the national agricultural development system. This requires the cooperation of infrastructure and market operations. The government must also ensure that farmers become end-users and benefit from it.

Mwangji, an expert from the Kenya Agricultural Research Association, said that due to frequent droughts in the region, targeted research projects should be launched as soon as possible, especially for research on arid regions and associated natural resources. This is to understand the externalities caused by drought-induced food shortages. It is of critical significance to factorize and effectively mitigate.

He also suggested that as a major group of food production, small farmers and herdsmen should be more directly connected with the research results, to achieve the integration of research institutions and individual farmers, and at the same time should further promote farmers and herdsmen insurance services based on climate factors.

Analysts once pointed out that agriculture is both a science and an industry. Peggy believes that it is very important to solve the immediate problems and not only hope to increase grain production, but also to improve a series of market systems such as transportation, as well as the healthy guidance of the government.

In fact, Kenya is now stuck in this embarrassing situation. Surveys and media reports have pointed out that in the face of food shortages in many parts of northern Kenya and the northeast, many grain-producing areas suffer from poor food sales.

Ji Suku, a scholar of the Kenyan Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis, frankly stated that food shortages have actually become a satire on government organizations and deployment mechanisms and are also a test of the social welfare system.

Gysuku said that in general, the deployment of commodities is affected by market demand. However, most of the victims in Kenya are nomadic or tribal groups in remote areas. The economic conditions are poor. The only source of livestock trafficking is also severely affected by drought. Therefore, market demand has been difficult to play a role in deployment and can only rely on government and social intervention. .

Ji Suku therefore suggested that the government should immediately intervene to reorganize the supply chain and directly direct farmers in food surplus regions to join the emergency purchase and sales system and reduce intermediate links, so that the initial commodities and terminal groups can benefit the most.

Ngurghi, head of the African Green Revolution Alliance, said that the establishment of the main food and material storage mechanism in drought-prone areas should be given equal importance. The government also needs to formulate policies and regulations to control food distribution and circulation under special circumstances, and form a structured market at the community level to extend the distribution channels.