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Title

Towards sustainable agricultural development / edited by M.D. Young.

Publication

London ; New York : Belhaven Press, 1991.

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Additional Authors

Young, M. D. (Michael Denis), 1952-

Description

viii, 346 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This book reports the second phase of the OECD's work on the integration of agricultural and environmental policies. Taking a policy area approach, each part analyses policy issues within several countries. The subject areas and country studies are: intensive crop production/ agricultural chemicals ; intensive animal husbandry-animal manure ; dryland agriculture/soil conservation and erosion ; changing landscape and land use patterns/rural quality ; the impact on agriculture of pollution from other sources

Subject

• Agricultural pollution > Europe
• Agriculture and state > Europe
• Environmental policy > Europe
• Agriculture and state > United States
• Environmental policy > United States
• Sustainable agriculture
• Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects
• Agricultural pollution
• Agricultural conservation
• Agriculture > Environmental aspects
• Agriculture and state
• sustainable agriculture (discipline)
• Pays occidentaux
• UE/CE Etats membres
• Développement agricole
• Dégradation de l'environnement
• Sustainable agriculture
• Agriculture > Environmental aspects
• Agricultural conservation
• Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects
• Agricultural pollution
• Agriculture and state
• Environmental policy
• Landwirtschaft
• Umweltverträglichkeit
• Europe
• United States

Note

• "Published in association with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Part I. Intensive Crop Production and the Use of Agricultural Chemicals. Impact of German intensive crop production and agricultural chemical policies ... / H. De Hael, H.F. Fink, C. Thoroe and W. Wahmhoff -- The effects of Swedish price support, fertiliser and pesticide policies on the environment / K.I. Kumm -- The effects of US agricultural policies on water quality and human health; ... / R.M. Wolcott, S.M. Johnson and C.M. Long. Part 2. Intensive Animal Production and the Management of Animal Manure. Intensive livestock production in France and its effects on water quality in Brittany / P. Rainelli -- Dutch approaches to the management of pollution from intensive livestock production / Grontmij NV. Part III. Dry-land Farming, Soil Conservation and Soil Erosion. Impact of agricultural policies on soil erosion in two regions of Portugal / A.G. Ferreira -- Integration of agricultural and environmental policies in the United States: the case of soil erosion and soil conservation in dryland farming / P. Crosson.
• Cont. Part IV. Changing Landscapes, Land-use Patterns and the Character of Rural Landscapes. Maintaining alpine landscapes in the Austrian Tyrol: policies for the maintenance of the rural cultivated landscape in the Tyrol / W. Puwein -- Changing landscapes and land-use patterns and the quality of the rural environment in the United Kingdom / J. Bowers and T. O'Riordan. Part 5. The impact on agriculture of pollution from other sources. The economic impact of air pollution on agriculture: an assessment and review / R.M. Adams and T.D. Crocker -- The impact of sewage sludge on agriculture / M. Linster -- Overview: The integration of agricultural and environmental policies / M.D. Young.

ISBN

• 185293137X
• 9781852931377

LCCN

91230828

OCLC

• ocm25964075
• 25964075
• SCSB-1955713

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library