Innovation in Rural Development - Bottom up Approach of Leadership to empowerpoor farmers /

Abstract

Social Entrepreneurship has been a tool to solving the problems of Food Security. It has been a sustainable development issue linked to economic development, environment and trade: the physical ability to access and the financial capability to afford food to meet people’s nutrition and diet in sync with their preferences. Dr M V Gupta, recipient of the World Food Prize in 2005 and the Sunhak Peace Prize in 2014 hailed as the pioneer of the Blue revolution wherein aquaculture and freshwater fish farming as an alternative solution to the food crisis of the future was provided. Working with NGOs, poor women and a bottom-up approach helped in mitigation of poverty, malnutrition and self-reliance. Sustainability issues were addressed effectively and helped poor farmers and rural families in large parts of South and Southeast Asia, covering Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, the Lao PDR and Indonesia. The bottom up approach to empower the bottom of the pyramid populace is a sustainable solution by enabling them with relevant skill sets.