Agricultural sustainability : definition and implications for agricultural and trade policy / T. Young & M.P. Burton.
Series: FAO economic and social development paper ; 110Publication details: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, c1992.Description: vii, 108 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9789251030806
- 9251030804
- 22 338.927 YOU
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Contents;
Chapter 1: Sustainable development and the environment: Definitions, criteria and instruments
Introduction and overview
Alternative views of the criteria for sustainability
Examples of unsustainable agricultural practices
Causes of unsustainable resource management
Criteria for sustainable development
Chapter 2: Sustainable agricultural development and international trade
Environment as a determinant of comparative advantage
Gains from trade when environmental damage is taken into account
Effects of environmental regulation on comparative advantage
Chapter 3: Agricultural policy reform and environmental quality
Short-term effects of agricultural policy reforms on environmental quality
Trade liberalization
Chapter 4: Appropriate policies for sustainable agricultural development
National responses
International responses
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-97).
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