Meanings of sustainable agriculture
Subtitle: some issues for the South
By: by Solon L. Barraclough
Contributors: South Centre (Independent Commission of the South on Development Issues)
Series: South perspectives; South perspectives
Publisher: South Centre
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development
Description: In the 1990s, many national governments and their international organizations, as well as several non-governmental development agencies, declared "sustainable development" and "sustainable agriculture" to be among their overarching goals. Document examines the crucial importance of agriculture in "sustainable development" and some of the conceptual ambiguities and practical difficulties that must be faced by developing countries in attempting to approach "sustainable agriculture."
Notes: Title from web page (viewed Feb. 3, 2004).

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Overview; title: The crucial role of contemporary agriculture for sustainable development; title: Conceptual ambiguities; title: Contradictory recommendations and trends; title: A few policy issues for developing country governments; title: Annex 1: OECD agricultural subsidies; title: Annex 2: Universal food security: Issues for the South; title: Bibliography.