Israel
CSD ? 17 Agriculture and Rural Development
Madam Chair
Since it is our first intervention in this distinguished forum, allow me to
congratulate you on your chairmanship, and wish great success to the
deliberation of this commission.
In the spirit of international cooperation, Israel, wishes to join the efforts and
reiterates its commitment to this global CSD- 17 endeavors.
The state of Israel assigns great importance to the work of the CSD and to
the Commissions? role in leading the International community on policy
formulation and Implementation of actions.
With regard to the CSD 17 agenda- Agriculture, Rural Development, Land,
Water, Drought , Desertification and Africa, and their interrelated policy and
implementation issues, these are at the ?core ? / ?Hallmark ?of Israel?s
international development cooperation Agenda.
Agriculture as the largest consumer of global water, efficient management
takes priority.
Irrigation technologies, soil conservation practices and the adoption of more
friendly production systems to the environment, also referring to arid and
semi arid eco systems, are only some of the methods that we are directly
practicing and propose to adopt both as policy measures as well as practical
ready made for application.
Improving food security thorough intensification of production practices,
alternative bio fuels, investing in Research and Development of inedible new
verities that are also suitable for marginal soils and water are proposed.
We wish to strengthen the notion that agriculture and rural development has
a key role to play in enhancing sustainable development, improving
livelihoods and stimulating economic growth in the rural areas.
We also wish to note that recently we have hold a special conference
regarding ? Green revolution in Africa? with special emphasis on agriculture
intensification and improving ?Rain feed agriculture? practices.
We recommend SCD-17 IPM, to adopt several policies and implementation
measures and action oriented work plan to enable facing the impediments
that this agenda calls for and have to be confront by the international
community at large.
In the context of this global effort, we wish to announce that we are fully
making available Israel?s, accumulated research and development (R&D)
scientific experience, agro technologies and its practical implementation
knowledge base.
We believe that the very critical ?triangle ?of ? ?Applied Research?
Extension services - and the Farmer? as end user- are essential to overcome
and enhance the rapid transfer of knowledge, technologies and their skilled
application at both levels - the small scale family rural farming dwellers, as
well as the large private agro business sector that together enhancing
development in rural and more peripheral regions.
Madam Chair,
We thank you again, and wish to inform the forum, that a more detailed
paper will be available for the CSD forthcoming deliberations.
I THANK YOU
We also wish to share our accumulated experience in rural regions development, with
particular reference to the challenges of semi arid and arid conditions which necessitated
an integrated and innovative development approach. Some of methods also contribute to
the global effort to respond to climate change, including at the level of the small farmer.
In this context we propose to adopt some policy and practical oriented measures:
? Recognize and practically introduce policy and professional practices to improve
interlinkages between poverty , agriculture, efficient utilization of production
means, technologies and management.
? Share and develop innovative capacity and training methodologies with particular
emphasis for the rural areas.
? Strengthen the knowledge base and proven success development and technology
transfer modalities.
? Setting up of a suitable agro- based financial fund aimed particularly to support -
PPP based rural - agro development aimed for both local and export agricultural
productions oriented development.
? Develop On line ? IT based training and consultancy services with particular
aimed for the rural areas.
? Live stock development combined with semi intensive feeding practices with
special emphasis on arid and semi arid regions.
? Develop special agriculture cum technology syllabuses to enhance and improve
the transfer of knowledge an skills to the schooling system in the rural reigns.
? To support and utilize rural based institutions and the private sector to introduce
and demonstrate appropriate agricultural technologies, inputs, improved genetic
materials and management practices operated as ?Centers of Excellence? in rural
regions.
(It is our honor to represent the State of Israel at the CSD 17 preparatory meeting
challenging Agenda.
We fully acknowledge and make reference to the comprehensive cross cutting and
interlinking thematic topics of this meeting and to the in depth reports made by the W.B.
FAO, the SCD secretariat and all other institutions.
We are fully supporting and wishing to follow the quote made ?to address all these
issues both in terms of policy as well as from the implementation pint of view -
?translating ward into action measures.)
Madam Chair
Since it is our first intervention in this distinguished forum, allow me to
congratulate you on your chairmanship, and wish great success to the
deliberation of this commission.
In the spirit of international cooperation, Israel, wishes to join the efforts and
reiterates its commitment to this global CSD- 17 endeavors.
The state of Israel assigns great importance to the work of the CSD and to
the Commissions? role in leading the International community on policy
formulation and Implementation of actions.
With regard to the CSD 17 agenda- Agriculture, Rural Development, Land,
Water, Drought , Desertification and Africa, and their interrelated policy and
implementation issues, these are at the ?core ? / ?Hallmark ?of Israel?s
international development cooperation Agenda.
Agriculture as the largest consumer of global water, efficient management
takes priority.
Irrigation technologies, soil conservation practices and the adoption of more
friendly production systems to the environment, also referring to arid and
semi arid eco systems, are only some of the methods that we are directly
practicing and propose to adopt both as policy measures as well as practical
ready made for application.
Improving food security thorough intensification of production practices,
alternative bio fuels, investing in Research and Development of inedible new
verities that are also suitable for marginal soils and water are proposed.
We wish to strengthen the notion that agriculture and rural development has
a key role to play in enhancing sustainable development, improving
livelihoods and stimulating economic growth in the rural areas.
We also wish to note that recently we have hold a special conference
regarding ? Green revolution in Africa? with special emphasis on agriculture
intensification and improving ?Rain feed agriculture? practices.
We recommend SCD-17 IPM, to adopt several policies and implementation
measures and action oriented work plan to enable facing the impediments
that this agenda calls for and have to be confront by the international
community at large.
In the context of this global effort, we wish to announce that we are fully
making available Israel?s, accumulated research and development (R&D)
scientific experience, agro technologies and its practical implementation
knowledge base.
We believe that the very critical ?triangle ?of ? ?Applied Research?
Extension services - and the Farmer? as end user- are essential to overcome
and enhance the rapid transfer of knowledge, technologies and their skilled
application at both levels - the small scale family rural farming dwellers, as
well as the large private agro business sector that together enhancing
development in rural and more peripheral regions.
Madam Chair,
We thank you again, and wish to inform the forum, that a more detailed
paper will be available for the CSD forthcoming deliberations.
I THANK YOU
We also wish to share our accumulated experience in rural regions development, with
particular reference to the challenges of semi arid and arid conditions which necessitated
an integrated and innovative development approach. Some of methods also contribute to
the global effort to respond to climate change, including at the level of the small farmer.
In this context we propose to adopt some policy and practical oriented measures:
? Recognize and practically introduce policy and professional practices to improve
interlinkages between poverty , agriculture, efficient utilization of production
means, technologies and management.
? Share and develop innovative capacity and training methodologies with particular
emphasis for the rural areas.
? Strengthen the knowledge base and proven success development and technology
transfer modalities.
? Setting up of a suitable agro- based financial fund aimed particularly to support -
PPP based rural - agro development aimed for both local and export agricultural
productions oriented development.
? Develop On line ? IT based training and consultancy services with particular
aimed for the rural areas.
? Live stock development combined with semi intensive feeding practices with
special emphasis on arid and semi arid regions.
? Develop special agriculture cum technology syllabuses to enhance and improve
the transfer of knowledge an skills to the schooling system in the rural reigns.
? To support and utilize rural based institutions and the private sector to introduce
and demonstrate appropriate agricultural technologies, inputs, improved genetic
materials and management practices operated as ?Centers of Excellence? in rural
regions.
(It is our honor to represent the State of Israel at the CSD 17 preparatory meeting
challenging Agenda.
We fully acknowledge and make reference to the comprehensive cross cutting and
interlinking thematic topics of this meeting and to the in depth reports made by the W.B.
FAO, the SCD secretariat and all other institutions.
We are fully supporting and wishing to follow the quote made ?to address all these
issues both in terms of policy as well as from the implementation pint of view -
?translating ward into action measures.)
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