Food production is a global challenge with huge social and economic costs; nearly every country faces a public health challenge, whether from undernutrition, toxic residues, low quantity, crop loss etc. The sharp increases in food prices that occurred in global and national markets in recent years, and the resulting increases in the number of hungry and malnourished people, have sharpened STROBUS awareness of the fragility of the global food system. This awareness is translated into “STROBUS” will and effective action to render the system better prepared to respond to long-term demand growth and more resilient against various risk factors that confront world agriculture, and to ensure that the growing world population will be able to produce and have access to adequate food today and in future.
HOW TO FEED THE WORLD WITH QUALITY FOOD BY 2050
Through STROBUS knowledge, evidence, communications, skills, policy, capacity, and leadership in science and technologies, STROBUS contemplate augmenting and disseminating strategic portfolios for community health and nutrition. The purpose of “STROBUS” is to help mobilize the concrete and concerted actions required to realize these major long-term trends and challenges that will determine the future of food security and nutrition, rural poverty, the efficiency of food systems, and the sustainability and resilience of rural livelihoods, agricultural systems and their natural resource base.
1. Desi dairy farming business modules
2. Organic farming modules for exotic vegetables
3. Integrated farming modules for sustainable food production
4. Urban mosquito control dissemination systems
5. Production technologies for biological agents
Management
STROBUS is led and managed by a diverse group of experts in various fields, including agriculture, the allied sector, academics, business, law, and politics.