UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2024

Which one of the following is the correct description of “100 Million Farmers”?

  1. 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.
  2. It is an international alliance and a network of individuals and farming organisations interested in supporting and strengthening the development of organic animal husbandry.
  3. 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.
  4. It is a platform with the mission of encouraging farmers to form Farmer Producer Organisations or Agribusiness Consortiums, thus facilitating access to global open markets to sell their products.

Answer

Correct Answer

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.

Explanation

The 100 Million Farmers initiative is a World Economic Forum platform that seeks to accelerate the transition towards net-zero, nature-positive food and water systems while improving farmer resilience. Option B is incorrect because the initiative is not an organic animal-husbandry alliance. Option C describes a blockchain-based agricultural trading platform, not the 100 Million Farmers initiative. Option D refers more closely to farmer-producer organization and market-access objectives, rather than the initiative's central climate and nature agenda. Therefore, option A is correct.

Topics: 100 million farmers initiative, climate-resilient food systems, environment, sustainable agriculture