The transition to agricultural sustainability.

نویسنده

  • V W Ruttan
چکیده

The transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production during the 21st century will take place within the context of a transition to a stable population and a possible transition to a stable level of material consumption. If the world fails to successfully navigate a transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production, the failure will be due more to a failure in the area of institutional innovation than to resource and environmental constraints.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

دوره 96 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999