Which one of the following is the correct description of "100 Million Farmers" ?
- (a) It is a platform for accelerating the transition towards food and water systems that are net-zero (carbon), nature-positive and that aims to increase farmer resilience. ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) It is an international alliance and a network of individuals and farming organisations interested in supporting and strengthening the development of the organic animal husbandry.
- (c) It is a digital platform fully integrated with service providers and built on blockchain that lets buyers, sellers and third parties trade fertilizers quickly and securely.
- (d) It is a platform with the mission of encouraging the farmers to form Farmer Product Organisations or Agribusiness Consortiums, thus facilitating the access to global open markets to sell their products.
Why the answer is (a)
• '100 Million Farmers' is a flagship initiative of the World Economic Forum, launched in 2021, that brings together governments, businesses and farmers to speed up the shift to food and water systems that are net-zero in carbon and nature-positive by 2030.
• Its stated goal is to reach 100 million farmers with practices such as regenerative agriculture that cut emissions, restore soils and water, and increase farmers' incomes and resilience — option (a).
• Option (b) describes the International Alliance on Organic Animal Husbandry; option (c) describes a fertiliser-trading platform; option (d) describes an FPO-promotion scheme — none is the WEF initiative.
• India participates through the WEF's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its agritech programmes.
• Hence option (a).
Why the other options are wrong
- (b) It is an international alliance and a network of individuals and farming organisations…
- This describes an organic animal husbandry alliance, not 100 Million Farmers.
- (c) It is a digital platform fully integrated with service providers and built on blockchain…
- This describes a blockchain fertiliser marketplace, not the WEF initiative.
- (d) It is a platform with the mission of encouraging the farmers to form Farmer Product…
- This describes FPO promotion, not the climate-focused 100 Million Farmers platform.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024, held on 16 June 2024. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.