Asian Farm

For the sub-region as a whole in Asia Farming, cereal production is expected to reach 392 million tons by the year 2030. The large-ruminant population is expected to stabilize or even decline. The Globalization provides comparative advantages to adopt integrated farming systems, geared to niche export markets for horticultural, livestock, and fish products and even within the sub-region, consumption/head of both meat and dairy products is forecast to double in the next thirty years. The urbanization trend - increasing from the current level of 28 percent to 53 percent in 2030 - and the increased demand for off-farm employment, may require increased mechanization of Asian Farming.

Agriculture Farming

The irrigated-land-area proportion is expected to grow slowly, from 40 percent now to 44 percent in 2030. On non-irrigated land, soil erosion, and overgrazing, if not arrested, will further degrade the natural resource base. The important Water resources must be managed more efficiently from basin level to farm level to avoid a "water crisis" over major parts of the region which is very circumstantial.

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