THE Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry (Mafi) recently discussed its draft agriculture and food policy, the National Agro-Food Policy 2.0 (“Safeguarding our food security”, The Star, March 12; online at bit.ly/star_security). The main points include enhancing food security, using IR4.0 (Industrial Revolution 4.0) technology, conforming to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and promoting high value agriculture.
The motivation behind the National Agro-Food Policy 2.0 (NAP) is to reduce the country’s growing dependence on food imports and make agriculture a viable sustainable business through the use of IR4.0 technology. There have been a number of national agriculture policies before – unfortunately, not much was achieved under them.
