Sustainability in agriculture /

Table Of Contents:

Sustainability in Agriculture: Recent Progress and Emergent Challenges 1(15)

Jules Pretty

Recent Progress on Food Production 1(1)

What is Agricultural Sustainability? 2(1)

The Environmental Challenge 3(1)

How Much Pesticide is Used? 4(1)

The Benefits of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 5(3)

Current Evidence of Pesticide Reductions at Country Level 8(2)

The Wider Policy Context for Agricultural Sustainability 10(2)

Areas of Debate and Disagreement 12(4)

References 13(3)

Ecological Risks of Transgenic Plants: A Framework for Assessment and Conceptual Issues 16(15)

Paul B. Thompson

Introduction 16(2)

The Products of Agricultural Biotechnology 18(1)

Using Risk Analysis to Evaluate Transgenic Crops 18(5)

Ecological Hazards and Today's Transgenic Crops 23(1)

Ecological Exposure Pathways for Health and Socio-economic Hazards 24(2)

Strategies in Ecological Risk Management 26(1)

Issues in Governance with Respect to Risk 27(4)

References 28(3)

GM Pest-resistant Crops: Assessing Environmental Impacts on Non-target Organisms 31(27)

A.N.E. Birch

R.E. Wheatley

Introduction 31(3)

Possible Risks and Benefits of Pest-resistant GM Crops for Above and Below Ground Agro-ecosystems 34(18)

Discussion of GM Crop Impacts 52(6)

Acknowledgements 54(1)

References 54(4)

Sustainable Land Management: A Challenge for Modern Agriculture 58(8)

Daniel Osborn

The Agricultural Origins of Sustainable Development 58(2)

Agriculture: A Drive Towards More Sustainable Land Management 60(1)

Making Agriculture More Sustainable 61(1)

Principles for Making Agriculture Sustainable 61(2)

Science for Sustainable Agriculture 63(3)

References 64(2)

UK Environmental-Economic Consequences of Decoupled CAP Payments 66(15)

Ian Dickie

Anna Shiel

Introduction 66(1)

Subsidies and the Environment 67(2)

CAP, Decoupling and the Environment 69(2)

Case Studies of Changes to More Extensive Farming 71(6)

Implications for Farming Policy 77(1)

Conclusions 78(3)

Acknowledgement 79(1)

References 79(2)

Globalising Vulnerability: The Impacts of Unfair Trade on Developing Country Agriculture 81(22)

James Smith

Introduction: Linking the Global to the Local 81(3)

An Overview of International Trade and Less Developed Country Agriculture 84(6)

Impacts of Unfair Trade on Developing Country Agriculture 90(2)

Countries and Commodities: Sugar and Southern Africa 92(6)

Conclusions: Re-Connecting the Global and the Local 98(5)

References 99(4)

Free Trade in Food: Moral and Physical Hazards 103(23)

Colin D. Butler

Introduction 103(1)

Free Trade
Theory and Reality 104(5)

The Moral Hazards of Free Trade 109(6)

The Physical Hazards of Free Trade 115(2)

The Environmental Hazards of Free Trade 117(1)

Reforming the Global Economy 118(4)

Conclusion 122(4)

References 122(4)
Subject Index 126