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Sustainable Growth In Agricultural Production: Poetry, Policy And Science

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In this paper I review the evolution of the sustainability concept. This is followed by a description of three "classical" systems of sustainable agriculture. None of these systems were or are capable of generating growth of output consistent with modern rates of growth in demand. I then turn to three unresolved analytical issues that continue to divide the conventional resource economics and the sustainable development communities. In a closing section I argue sustainable growth in agricultural production should be viewed as a research agenda rather than as a package of practices that is available to producers whether in developed or developing countries.
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  • Ruttan, Vernon W., 1991. "Sustainable Growth In Agricultural Production: Poetry, Policy And Science," Staff Papers 13601, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.13601
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