Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

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Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

Globalisation and the Impact of Trade Liberalisation

9781840641721 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Andrew K. Dragun, Formerly Dean, Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, University of New England, Australia and the late Clem Tisdell, formerly Professor Emeritus, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia
Publication Date: 1999 ISBN: 978 1 84064 172 1 Extent: 336 pp
Globalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on agricultural sustainability in developing countries.

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Globalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on agricultural sustainability in developing countries.

This book explores the proposition that globalisation and trade liberalisation is an international win-win game and finds that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there could be a range of agricultural problems and negative impacts on rural communities and the environment in poorer countries. The authors use cutting-edge research from Brazil, Bolivia, Burkino Faso, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand to suggest that special attention needs to be paid to local issues in poor countries in the face of globalisation.

Sustainable Agriculture and Environment will prove invaluable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of environmental and ecological economics.
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Contributors: C. Azar, G. Berndes, R. Best, P. Castella, D. Deybe, A. Dragun, D. Gibbon, U. Hampicke, G. Henry, S. Hill, K. Jakobsson, B. Ospina, J. Pretty, P.S. Ramakrishnan, W. Raza, P. Riethmuller, E. Sabourin, C. Tisdell
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Contents: Preface 1. Agriculture and Sustainability 2. Trade Liberalisation Agriculture and Sustainability 3. Conditions for Sustainable Development 4. Economics, Aspects of Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Production 5. Conservation Farming and Indicators of Agricultural Sustainability 6. Reducing the Costs of Modern Agriculture 7. Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems 8. Landcare 9. Conservation in Germany’s Agrarian Countryside and the World Economy 10. The Implication of Carbon Dioxide Abatement Policies on Food Prices 11. Co-evolution in Asia 12. The Impact of Globalisation on Agricultural Systems of Traditional Societies 13. Asia’s Livestock Industries 14. Environmental Impacts of the Livestock Industries of Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand 15. Family Farming 16. Trade Liberalisation Impacts for Sustainable Development 17. Development by Linking Small Farmers to Growth Markets 18. Is Trade Liberalisation the Right Policy after a Devaluation? 19. Globalisation, Agriculture and Environment Index
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