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3. Challenges facing agriculture
Below are some of the difficulties that we could face in ten or twenty years.
Colossal changes will take place in our environment and the economy. e agri-
cultural sector will become more and more important; it will become a national
priority. is poses both challenges and opportunities for farmers. 
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Global free trade in agricultural products will expand; high-cost and
high-price products will not be able to compete. Farmers have to be able to
compete both in price and quality. Quality should be of international stan-
dards. JADAM’s primary focus is to lower cost and increase proitability for
farmers with ULC. 
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Energy-dependent systems of agriculture will fall into crisis. e cost of
oil and electricity will rise, so it will be more and more costly to operate trac-
tors, vehicles, cold storage, machines, etc. JADAM strongly urges a break-away
from energy-intensive agriculture. Methods of production, processing, storage,
and transportation should all change drastically.
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Grain prices will rise in times of global food crisis and importation of
these food staples will become difficult. Climate change, desertiication, soil
erosion, and other environmental degradations will decrease the total available
area of arable land and reduce productivity. Cultivation of staple food crop –
rice, wheat, beans and other grains – will become more important. 
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Rising sea levels could threaten vast areas of farmland. Melting ice from
the polar regions and Greenland contributes to this danger. Some forecasts pre-
dict that the sea level will rise as high as seven meters (23 ft). Just one meter
(3.3 ft) of elevation will devastate over 80 percent of rice paddies in the Philip-
pines, Vietnam and ailand. Half of Bangladesh will go underwater. 1/6th of
the world population is living at 1 meter (3.3 ft) or less above sea level; the ris-
ing water will prove catastrophic. Fertile, arable land will become more and
more valuable. e land you own will be your wealth. 
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Global inancial markets will become more volatile and economies will
be stuck in low-growth. e global economy is losing its orientation. ere
could be massive inlation in the short-term, low-growth will become a trend in
the long-term, and the value of assets will fall. Stocks, bonds, insurance, pen-
sions and typical real estate may no longer serve as safe forms of wealth. Run-
ning and investing in businesses including farms based on debt is also
dangerous. Arable land that returns continued produce and proit will be more
valuable. Let us do a farming that is free from money; ultra-low cost; and self-
sufficient.
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