Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the book
focuses on sustainable mechanization across agri-food chains in Asia
and the Pacific region, The publication is jointly authored by Geoffrey
Mrema of Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania; Dr. Peeyush Soni
of AIT; and Rosa S Rolle of FAO.
In his Foreword, Dr. Hiroyuki Konuma, the then Assistant
Director-General and Regional Representative FAO Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP) says: “This strategy document is a new
and revised version of the original draft background report discussed
at the High Level Multi-Stakeholder Consultation. It incorporates the
comments, and recommendations of stakeholders at this Consultation.”
Divided into six chapters, the 92-page publication looks at the
present scenario of agricultural development and mechanization in Asia
and the Pacific region. It also provides a regional framework for a
Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Strategy (SAMS), and analyzes
issues and constraints for sustainable mechanization in agri-food
chains in Asia and the Pacific region, besides providing the strategic
themes and options for sustainable mechanization of agri-food systems
in Asia and the Pacific region.
The book is an outcome of a FAO-RAP sponsored project on Sustainable
Agricultural Mechanization Strategies.
The publication is available at this link: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4270e.pdf
ISBN 978-92-5-108676-6