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Sustainable agriculture: Policy options and prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Charles M. Benbrook
Charles M. Benbrook
Affiliation:
Executive Director, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418.
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Abstract

Complex policy issues and tradeoffs will arise in crafting the 1990 or 1991 Farm Bill. Efforts to advance progress toward sustainable agriculture production systems could arise in the farm bill's commodity, conservation, and research titles. Key definitional issues are highlighted here, as well as water quality issues and the impact of ongoing GATT negotiations in the context of increasing global demands on American agriculture.

Keywords

sustainable agricultureagricultural policywater qualitycropping systems
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 4 , Issue 3-4 , December 1989 , pp. 153 - 159
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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