SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: POETRY, POLICY AND SCIENCE

Vernon Ruttan

No 13415, Staff Papers from University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

Abstract: In this paper I review the evolution of the sustainability concept. This is followed by a description of three "classical" systems of sustainable agriculture. None of these systems were or are capable of generating growth of output consistent with modern rates of growth in demand. I then turn to three unresolved analytical issues that continue to divide the conventional resource economics and the sustainable development communities. In a closing section I argue sustainable growth in agricultural production should be viewed as a research agenda rather than as a package of practices that is available to producers whether in developed or developing countries.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.13415

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