Proposals Notebook for the XXI Century. Agriculture and Sustainable Development
This Proposal Paper describes the situation of agriculture in an economic globalization context and provides elements of proposals for sustainable agriculture and development.
Résumé :
In spite of the commitments made in Rio in 1992, the challenges related to the environment and development (pressure on natural resources, reduction of poverty, and reorientation of forms of production and consumption), in the agricultural sector and for the rural populations, remain whole.
This document describes the situation of sustainable agriculture in the countries of the North and the South and places the discussion in the present context of economic globalization.
In view of the next Earth Summit in 2002, it provides elements of proposals for sustainable agriculture and sustainable development based on the market, agricultural policies, and social dialog.