Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia
In the next 25 years, South Asia's food requirements are likely to double, while its natural resource base is likely to shrink. The subcontinent, which carries 21 percent of the world's population on just 3 percent of its land area, already has a high proportion of its land under cultivation and rel...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1996
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157158 |
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| author | Gill, Gerard J. |
| author_browse | Gill, Gerard J. |
| author_facet | Gill, Gerard J. |
| author_sort | Gill, Gerard J. |
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| description | In the next 25 years, South Asia's food requirements are likely to double, while its natural resource base is likely to shrink. The subcontinent, which carries 21 percent of the world's population on just 3 percent of its land area, already has a high proportion of its land under cultivation and relatively little under forest and pastures (Figure 1). Industrialization and urbanization will further encroach on agricultural and forest land. Over the next quarter century, countries in the region will need to feed their growing populations on increasingly restricted natural resources, with the added requirement of safeguarding the environment and natural resource base. The author describes the current state of the natural resource base and explores ways of managing resources in unfavored areas and in favored areas. |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1996 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1571582025-01-10T06:36:00Z Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia Gill, Gerard J. agriculture In the next 25 years, South Asia's food requirements are likely to double, while its natural resource base is likely to shrink. The subcontinent, which carries 21 percent of the world's population on just 3 percent of its land area, already has a high proportion of its land under cultivation and relatively little under forest and pastures (Figure 1). Industrialization and urbanization will further encroach on agricultural and forest land. Over the next quarter century, countries in the region will need to feed their growing populations on increasingly restricted natural resources, with the added requirement of safeguarding the environment and natural resource base. The author describes the current state of the natural resource base and explores ways of managing resources in unfavored areas and in favored areas. 1996 2024-10-24T12:47:46Z 2024-10-24T12:47:46Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157158 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gill, Gerard J. 1996. Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia. 2020 Policy Brief 33. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157158 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture Gill, Gerard J. Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title | Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_full | Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_fullStr | Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_short | Managing resources for sustainable agriculture in South Asia |
| title_sort | managing resources for sustainable agriculture in south asia |
| topic | agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157158 |
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