Title: Guidelines for the integration of sustainable agriculture and rural development into agricultural policies /
Authors: Hardaker, J. B.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Date: 1997
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Physical description: xiii, 53 p. ; 30 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: H
Abstract: Policy objectives for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) may be summed up as the pursuit of the goals of growth, equity, efficiency and sustainability. Growth is important to meet the food needs of growing populations with rising incomes and to provide continued sustainable livelihoods for rural people in the future . Equity is important in terms of the relief of poverty and deprivation for this and future generations. Efficiency matters since we cannot afford to waste resources. Finally, sustainability is the objective that has come into increased prominence with the recognition of the significant threats that exist to future welfare and the environment. Sustainability has many dimensions and interpretations but, in the context of agriculture, embraces food security, responsibility in resource use and environmental management, and the resilience of production systems to shocks and challenges. There is interdependence between each of these four objectives, so that the pursuit of SARD requires an integrated approach to policy making in which all four aspects are considered.--Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction -- The concept of SARD -- The challenge : threats to SARD -- The appropriate policy framework for SARD -- strategic options for SARD -- Policy options and instruments -- Integrated approaches to SARD -- Programming -- Implementing the guidelines.
Subject headings (LCSH): Agriculture and state--Developing countries.; Agriculture and state.; Rural development; Rural development--Government policy--Developing countries.; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable agriculture--Government policy--Developing countries.