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    • I appreciate the initiative of formation of International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture. Now we are living in age of globally integrated information communication technology (ICT) in handy and affordable price. Ecommerce, ATM card, POS, e-wallet, mobile banking, translation and Transliteration apps, sensor based disaster management apps, food, nutrition and agricultural videos / apps, TV apps, online radio, social media, supply chain management system, various software and websites etc all are various forms of ICT. Using ICT, any remote farmer can exchange latest scopes of agriculture. So, I think proper and fair way use of ICT without discrimination for food and agriculture will be bless for all.

    • Sundarban is the single largest source of honey of Bangladesh. I think professional honey colletors (Mauwalis) of Sundarban & other interested nearby farmers could be trained up properly for environment friendly honey collection & farming.

      All possible best scientific measures needed to be taken for the benefit of honeybees & honey collectors as well. However, where commercial flower farming, and crops oriented to flower density farming is available is also suitable for honey producing in Bangladesh.

    • Many projects related to food productions had gone in vein due to Combination among projects & Lack of right focus. For example, many of our roads are constructed to the parallel of rivers and canals without plan. If we use the soil of rivers and canals for road constructions then it will safe cost of soil arrangement for roads and dredging cost for rivers and canals. Again embankment can safe our rivers and canals from land grabbers. But embankment roads are unsafe and later on needed to reshape. So, I think we need strict "Right program & Right Patronization" policy. For Environment friendly Regional Balanced development; UNESCAP can develop multiple bi-pass highways with involving funds from banks & other financial institutions. By this I think, UNESCAP can play an important role by minimizing food price by reducing transportation cost and food scarcity in remote areas.  

      There are huge cultivable lands in world are in a barren stage as well as huge people are unemployed. If we can develop ourselves with global personality & skill and able to turn these barren lands under production with proper local & international management, I think food and nutrition problem will be eliminated. I think IOM can also play a significant role for international agri-employees security & food production management.

      If we cultivate suitable plants on Slope of Highway & Railway, Barren-lands, Indoor & Coastal (SHARBIC) areas, then rain water flow will be maximum used as a part of Securing Water for Food and roads & highway will be save from mudslide. We can use GIS and other IT service for enhance (SHARBIC) gardening. It will increase beautification to there as well as enhance total national tea production. Please note ‘Sharbic’ means Total.

       

      Social farming/ care farming is an important source of food & nutrition. I think to enhance social farming/ care farming, there should be compulsory free of cost or very low cost bank account against each social farmer. This account should be used for maintaining all sorts of expenditure relevant to care farming. From local to international donation -everything might be operating through this account. In remote areas where branches of any bank are unavailable, there might be engaged agent of Bank.  There also should be Green environmental Loan disbursement target for each branch of each bank. Agent of Banks also needed to be involved in here. Its transparency & regular monitoring could be possible using latest low cost IT products & services.

       

      Veranda gardening, Rooftop gardening, indoor aquaculture etc should be considered as urban social farming for bank loan sanctioning. I think this will enhance economy specially women economy. Social farming should focus more on food & nutrition production rather than armature farming because water, time, money etc are involved in here. As for social farming, 100% pure is not necessary, water reuse policy could be applied there. Domestic Bio fertilizer, warm fertilizer etc could be used there. Using renewable energy for care farming should be influenced. 

       

       

      Agri-telemedicine could be a significant tool for nutrition / malnutrition relevant advice sharing for all specially for the people of remote areas. To operate Agri-telemedicine agriculturists and other specialists are needed to be trained up in local language. Online based diplomas in home economics, care farming, or any relevant short courses are necessary in this regard.

       

      14th April- Pohela Boishakh (Beginning day of Bengali new year)- is a heritage of South & southeast Asian countries including Bangladesh (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh). This calendar was formed as a crop calendar. Now at the time of Global warming, water and food insecurity; we can globally observe this day that is 14th April as "Global Crop Calendars Day”. By this we can estimate crop production delaying or any hazards form 1556 to till now. All the same, other regional calendars of the world could be influenced for enhancing crop production.

      Thank you

      Muhammad Ariful Haque

    • I think to enhance social farming/ care farming, there should be compulsory free of cost or very low cost bank account against each social farmer. This account should be used for maintaining all sorts of expenditure relevant to care farming. From local to international donation -everything might be operating through this account. In remote areas where branches of any bank are unavailable, there might be engaged agent of Bank.  There also should be Green environmental Loan disbursement target for each branch of each bank. Agent of Banks also needed to be involved in here. Its transparency & regular monitoring could be possible using latest low cost IT products & services.

       

      Veranda gardening, Rooftop gardening, indoor aquaculture etc should be considered as urban social farming for bank loan sanctioning. I think this will enhance economy specially women economy.

      Social farming should focus more on food & nutrition production rather than armature farming because water, time, money etc are involved in here. As for social farming, 100% pure is not necessary, water reuse policy could be applied there. Domestic Bio fertilizer, warm fertilizer etc could be used there. Using renewable energy for care farming should be influenced.  

       

      Agri-telemedicine could be a significant tool for social farming in remote areas. To operate Agri-telemedicine agriculturist needed to be trained up in local language. Online based diplomas in home economics, care farming, or any relevant short courses are necessary in this regard.

      Thank you

       

       

      Muhammad Ariful Haque

      CEO, Kamfisht Universe Engineering

      Partner, Global Water Partnership

      Partner, Global Soil Partnership of FAO, UN

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      Member, International Desalination Association

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    • With due respect, here are my thinking about Rural Women in sustainable Goals

      Women, Water and Family Farming

      Beside significant role of women in Sanitation section, women are also participating in family farming sector. Year 2013 was declared as year of Family farming. I think family based vegetable gardening; indoor fish farming at Rooftop, Indoor, and Veranda in urban and rural area. Domestic wastage could be used there. This model will help influence kids to do in future large scale environment friendly activities.

      In this context, I want to talk about keeping Tilapia fish at aquarium which can play positive role in economy of Bangladesh rather than amateur fishes in aquarium. Please see the attachments about this. We can campaign for to make a habit to producing fishes on rooftop tank, indoor tank/aquarium beside as usual fish production. If we able to do
      that I think within short time, it will be product of international trade from indoor aquarium.

      Large scale activities of Rural Women

      Rural women can contribute significantly to the domestic Biogas, solar panel, earth worm fertilizer, vegetable gardening, and etc activities. To support them more needed online based home economics teaching besides manual teaching. Financial institute can finance them by interest free loan or by CSR.

      Thank you

      Muhammad Ariful Haque
      CEO, Kamfisht Universe Engineering
      Partner, Global Water Partnership
      Partner, Global Soil Partnership of FAO, UN
      Member, International Desalination Association