Sustainable Agriculture in the UK

Joy Ogaji ()

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2005, vol. 7, issue 2, 253-270

Abstract: Most agricultural assessments of global environmental change made to date have not focused explicitly on sustainability issues, and have neglected the considerable impacts of shifting agricultural zones, alterations in commercial fertiliser and pesticide use, and changes in the demand for water resources. The current crisis in agriculture, with its economic, political, social and ecological dimensions, has arisen because of the pursuit of a productivity technology/policy model. This broad policy of agricultural ‘modernisation’ and development through the application of agricultural science and technology has shaped the direction of technological change in agriculture and the evolution of a complex agro-industrial food system. 1 This paper focuses on England’s Rural Development Programme 2 as it contributes to sustainable agriculture alongside the control of pollution. Copyright Springer 2005

Keywords: agri-environment schemes; pollution; rural development programme; sustainable agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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