Developing Nations Initiative
Developing nations farmers face a wide variety of agronomic and economic conditions. No single solution has been identified and made available to, useable by or affordable to farmers in all regions and circumstances.
However, the scalable range of options made possible by the Vesco Terra-Glide™ technology has allowed the development of a range of machine sizes that bridges these problems.
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
"By the year 2025, 83 per cent of the expected global population of 8.5 billion will be living in developing countries. Yet the capacity of available resources and technologies to satisfy the demands of this growing population for food and other agricultural commodities remains uncertain. Agriculture has to meet this challenge, mainly by increasing production on land already in use and by avoiding further encroachment on land that is only marginally suitable for cultivation."
"Major adjustments are needed in agricultural, environmental and macroeconomic policy, at both national and international levels, in developed as well as developing countries, to create the conditions for sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD). The major objective of SARD is to increase food production in a sustainable way and enhance food security. This will involve education initiatives, utilization of economic incentives and the development of appropriate and new technologies, thus ensuring stable supplies of nutritionally adequate food, access to those supplies by vulnerable groups, and production for markets; employment and income generation to alleviate poverty; and natural resource management and environmental protection."
United Nations DESA - Division for Sustainable Development
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Within the Terra-Glide™ family of technologies there is a combination that will provide the seeding solution to the needs of most farmers in developing nations.
