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At the World Food
Prize Symposium in Iowa on Oct. 13, 2010
Farm Foundation,
Global Harvest
Initiative,
and USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS)
released the
The
2010 GAP Report™ . In our world of expanding
populations, it is estimated the current rate of
agricultural productivity growth is cannot meet the world’s
growing demands for food. Farm Foundation President
Neil Conklin stated the only answer to meeting the food needs of
the future "we must increase the rate of productivity growth an average of
25 percent more per year over the next 40 years,”.
The report outlines key elements required to achieve the
necessary agricultural productivity growth rate including "expanded
and better focused research, approvals of new science-based
technologies, liberalizing and strengthening the global
rules-based trading system, strengthening and streamlining
international development programs, and finding ways to mobilize
private sector investment and involvement."
The
Grow Your Own Meal™ (GYOM™)
mission focuses on achieving the "mobilization of private
sector investment" by operator of an incubator for the
development of innovative food production techniques.
Today’s small farm operators are in
the forefront of seeking new marketing opportunities and
improved food production technologies to boost year round
specialty crop yields to minimize operating costs and maximize
profit margins. By developing growing strategies that
incorporate renewable energy sources, implement energy
efficiencies and focus on expanding local markets for fresh
food, small farming operations are more profitable and impact
the community positively by insuring a steady supply of healthy,
nutritious food.
If your passion is supporting small farmer entrepreneurs, helping
GYOM™
serves the
cause of expanding the options for those who wish to be
successful farmers. |
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