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reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lowers The PNM will:
the risk of pollution to waterways while reducing
the burden on landfills • Formalize Farming at the Certification (CVQ)
level and provide incentives to attract younger
• Deepen integration within the private sector farmers to deal with the aging farming population
(connecting micro and big businesses to create a such as access to finance, land and equipment for
strong agribusiness ecosystem) both traditional and non-traditional farming
methods
• Create more Public Private Partnership
arrangements for agribusiness in the following • Encourage and support farm automation
areas: technology that utilises robotics, drones and
o Development of agricultural value autonomous equipment
chains;
o Joint agricultural research, innovation
and technology transfer;
o Building and upgrading market
infrastructure; and
o The delivery of business development
services to farmers and small enterprises

• Encourage and support investment in livestock
farming technology to improve the productivity
capacity, welfare, or management of animals and
livestock by examining animal genomics and drive
research into the creation of more disease-
resistant species • Explore the use of migrant labour for seasonal
work – while COVID has shown these schemes
can create supply chain disruptions in the advent
of heightened infection rates, the lessons learnt
can be applied to change how these schemes are
developed and introduced for selected
commodities

• Revisit the mega-farm concept with an
emphasis on transfer of technology to smaller
farms

ADOPT CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (CSA)
PRACTICES
BUILD A CULTURE OF AGRIPRENEURSHIP AND
INVEST IN FARM AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY The aim is to provide innovative solutions
towards the complex and integrated goals of
Agripreneurship focuses on understanding the increasing yields, improving resilience, and
role of the farmer entrepreneur in the new promoting a low emissions agricultural sector.
market, identifying all the potential clients of this
new and innovative type of entrepreneurship
and, of course, defining the business idea behind
the value chain.

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