Sustainable management not only constitutes the main challenge for agricultural systems, it is also becoming a driver of development in many regions of the world. As well as guaranteeing the production of food and other basic products, agriculture can foment social progress and economic growth...

This publication reports on a three-year experiment to promote sustainable agriculture in four local mountain areas and presents a new methodological approach to ensure stakeholder participation. This new approach addresses the following different key aspects of European policies: the...