What Next for Sustainable Agriculture

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Paper considers issues that sustainable agriculture is expected to face as it moves on from an abstract concept to a more transformative tool of agricultural system.

Author examines agriculture’s contribution to the rural economy, the roles of agricultural labor, management, and capital, and the relation between farm structure and agriculture’s effect on the environment.

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