Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography
Farming is a threat to the natural environment in rich as well as poor countries, but the human stakes are now much higher in the developing world, where food needs are acute and growing rapidly. Roughly 700 million people in developing countries do not have access to sufficient food supplies to mee...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1994
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| author | Paarlberg, Robert L. |
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| description | Farming is a threat to the natural environment in rich as well as poor countries, but the human stakes are now much higher in the developing world, where food needs are acute and growing rapidly. Roughly 700 million people in developing countries do not have access to sufficient food supplies to meet their needs for a healthy and productive life. Already because of population growth, the developing world is being asked to feed 88 million additional people every year. How can this production task be met if environmentally destructive farming practices continue? Paarlberg examines the geography and the politics of resource abuse. He concludes that the sustainable farming debate will remain deadlocked until it is recast in a region-specific and politically aware form that emphasizes the vastly different circumstances of farmers in different parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. If regional precision is maintained, paralyzing technical arguments between powerful agriculturalists and environmentalists can be minimized, and important reform imperatives that go beyond technical choice can be highlighted as well. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570452025-01-10T06:36:11Z Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography Paarlberg, Robert L. natural resources management management environmental degradation population growth sustainability food supply economic aspects Farming is a threat to the natural environment in rich as well as poor countries, but the human stakes are now much higher in the developing world, where food needs are acute and growing rapidly. Roughly 700 million people in developing countries do not have access to sufficient food supplies to meet their needs for a healthy and productive life. Already because of population growth, the developing world is being asked to feed 88 million additional people every year. How can this production task be met if environmentally destructive farming practices continue? Paarlberg examines the geography and the politics of resource abuse. He concludes that the sustainable farming debate will remain deadlocked until it is recast in a region-specific and politically aware form that emphasizes the vastly different circumstances of farmers in different parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. If regional precision is maintained, paralyzing technical arguments between powerful agriculturalists and environmentalists can be minimized, and important reform imperatives that go beyond technical choice can be highlighted as well. 1994 2024-10-24T12:46:57Z 2024-10-24T12:46:57Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157045 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Paarlberg, Robert L. 1994. Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography. 2020 Policy Brief 4. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157045 |
| spellingShingle | natural resources management management environmental degradation population growth sustainability food supply economic aspects Paarlberg, Robert L. Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title | Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title_full | Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title_short | Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography |
| title_sort | sustainable farming a political geography |
| topic | natural resources management management environmental degradation population growth sustainability food supply economic aspects |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157045 |
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