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Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations
written by M. Angeles Villarreal, fl. 2006, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI), in CRS Report for Congress, RL 32770 (District of Columbia: United States. Congressional Research Service, 2006), 16 page(s)
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written by M. Angeles Villarreal, fl. 2006, in International Trade: Special Studies, 1971-2009, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI), in CRS Report for Congress, RL 32770 (District of Columbia: United States. Congressional Research Service, 2006), 16 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Research report
Author / Creator
M. Angeles Villarreal, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
United States. Congressional Research Service
Series
CRS Report for Congress
Topic / Theme
Transnational Organizations, Trade Agreements, Trade and Human Rights, Environmental policy, Textile industry, Agricultural policy, Politics & Policy, Trade and the Environment, Global Trade, Negotiations, and Governance, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Natural Resource Management, Volume 11, The Politics of Industrial Agriculture
written by Nicholas Hildyard, fl. 1992 and Tracey Clunies-Ross, 1959-, in Natural Resource Management, Volume 11 (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2009, originally published 1992), 173 page(s)
In the last forty years, agriculture in the industrialised countries has undergone a revolution. That has dramatically increased yields, but it has also led to extensive rural depopulation; widespread degradation of the environment; contamination of food with agrochemicals and bacteria; more routine maltreatment o...
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written by Nicholas Hildyard, fl. 1992 and Tracey Clunies-Ross, 1959-, in Natural Resource Management, Volume 11 (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2009, originally published 1992), 173 page(s)
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In the last forty years, agriculture in the industrialised countries has undergone a revolution. That has dramatically increased yields, but it has also led to extensive rural depopulation; widespread degradation of the environment; contamination of food with agrochemicals and bacteria; more routine maltreatment of farm animals; and the undermining of Third World economies and livelihoods through unfair trading systems. Confronted by mounting evi...
In the last forty years, agriculture in the industrialised countries has undergone a revolution. That has dramatically increased yields, but it has also led to extensive rural depopulation; widespread degradation of the environment; contamination of food with agrochemicals and bacteria; more routine maltreatment of farm animals; and the undermining of Third World economies and livelihoods through unfair trading systems. Confronted by mounting evidence of environmental harm and social impacts, mainstream agronomistis and policy-makers have debatedly recognized the need for change.
'Sustainable agriculture' has become the buzz phrase. But that can mean different things to different people. We have to ask: sustainable agriculture for whom? Whose interests are benefiting? And whose are suffering? At issue is the question of power – of who controls the land and what it produces. Most of the changes currently under discussion will actually strengthen the status quo and the underlying causes of the damage. The result will be greater intensification of farming, environmental destruction, and inequality. There are no simple off-the-shelf alternatives to industrial agriculture. There are, however, groups throughout the world who have contributed to this report and who are working together on a new approach. An agriculture that, in Wendell Berry's words, 'depletes neither soil nor people.'
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Nicholas Hildyard, fl. 1992, Tracey Clunies-Ross, 1959-
Date Published / Released
1992, 2009
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Natural Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Sustainable agriculture, Natural resources, Politics, International relations, International laws, Ecology, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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