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Inequality in Growth and Advancement of Agriculture
Inequality in Growth and Advancement of Agriculture
Abstract Submissions Closed
Saturday, 27 February 2021: 16:00-17:30
Location:
RC40 Sociology of Agriculture and Food (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Regional differences in growth and advancement of agriculture depend on existing inequalities of several factors. Difference in environment and ecology contribute structure of regional agriculture. Farmers of Tropical, Subtropical, sub-Saharan find hard to adopt improved technologies for exploiting higher productivity and economic gain compared to other cultivable areas. Existing social, economic condition, gender inequality, social taboos educational status also impair regional progress in agriculture. Government’s farm policies , infrastructural support, export import opportunity , geographic localtion also generate regional inequality in agriculture advancement. Democratic wisdom of farmers growing crops also often limited under neo-liberal economy . Multinational food and drug market too hinder regional agricultural progress. Global climatic change, bio-emission. soil-water degradation possesses a constant threat to increase regional disparity in further farm progress . However, over the past decades scientific and technological innovations, genetic manipulation of crops, socio-economic intervention, changes in infrastructural support have brought down degree of regional inequality in agricultural pro progress to a greater extent. But future challenges of productivity increase, farm energy, natural and supplemental resource management and overall economic gain need to be re-looked to reduce the inter and intra regional inequality in agricultural progress.
The session aims to identify existing macro and micro level social and technological disparities and evolve guidelines to reduce inequalities in global background.
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