Most environmentally destructive activities in the developing world are the work of smallholder farmers seeking to eke out a living. These activities are guided by government policies but are dominated by the farmers' short-term objective of feeding their families. Solutions to sustainable management of the natural resource base must include sustainable agricultural development and poverty alleviation. Gaining a better understanding of the interrelationships between these objectives will ensure solutions that will themselves be sustainable. D-8133 Feldafing, Federal Republic of Germany.
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