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“100 Million Farmers” platform — UPSC Prelims PYQ 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 the 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 the farmers to form Farmer Product Organisations or Agribusiness Consortiums, thus facilitating the access to global open markets to sell their products.

Explanation

Option (a) is correct
  • 100 Million Farmers (initiated by World Economic Forum) is a multistakeholder platform catalysing action to transition to net-zero, nature-positive food systems by 2030. The platform is supporting private and public leaders in positioning food and farmers as central pillars of the global climate and nature agenda and accelerating collective action to scale climate- and nature-friendly agricultural practices.
Answer: (a) It is a platform for accelerating the transition towards food and water systems that are net-zero (car-bon), nature-positive and that aims to increase farmer resilience: Difficulty Level: Medium
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