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Provides some background on concerns about the sustainability of agriculture, outlines and discusses views about what … constitutes sustainable agriculture and contrasts the sustainability of modern industrialised agriculture with that of traditional … agriculture. Then the question is considered (taking into account the available evidence) whether organic agriculture is more …
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After providing some background about the importance of cotton as a fibre, this article provides information about the global relevance of China’s and Australia’s cotton industries and compares the structure and other significant features of their cotton industries. Attention is given to...
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This paper provides an overview of concepts of sustainable agriculture and possible methods of attaining sustainability … of agricultural yields and production. Reasons are given as to why modern industrialised agriculture might be less … sustainable in terms of yields than traditional agriculture. The question of whether organic agriculture is likely to be more …
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Anderson and others suggests that China’s agriculture will be forced to undertake more structural adjustment than forecast in …
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. In particular, the article will show that contrary to expectations, agriculture is no longer a major source of income to … proportion of the rural population that depend on agriculture that is poor is smaller than the non-poor, as is that among the … agriculture to show that no significant improvement in rural economic activities has been observed. During the period 1995 …
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Some wildlife species are agricultural pests (or otherwise a problem) but their populations are often valued by other than agriculturalists or by those not adversely affected by them directly. For non-farmers, the population levels of such wildlife are frequently pure public goods. This is one...
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agriculture is considered as a particular case. By showing the relevance for agricultural policy of diverse foci, this study …
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liberalism based on the market system. Today, there is little economic protection for Australian agriculture and Australia is a … agriculture because of low and erratic levels of rainfall and poor soils. Scarcity of water in Australia is growing and its use … has become a major natural resource issue. Water availability and use of water by Australian agriculture is discussed, its …
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Some wildlife species are agricultural pests but these populations are often valued by other than agriculturalists. For non-farmers, the population levels of such wildlife are frequently pure public goods. This is one source of market failure in the economically optimal social control of an...
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Use of chemical inputs such as pesticides have increased agricultural production and productivity. However, negative externalities, too, have increased. The externalities include damage to the environment, agricultural land, fisheries, fauna and flora. Another major externality has been the...
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