Title: Agricultural Sustainability
1Agricultural Sustainability
- Jill S. Auburn
- Sustainability Advisor
- Research, Education Economics, USDA
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4- See also
- NIFA launch at National Press Club
- Director Beachys speech to APLU
- www.nifa.usda.gov
- Newsroom
- About us - speeches
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7Sustainable Development
- "meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.
Our Common Future, Report of the United Nations
World Commission on Environment and Development
(Brundtland Commission), 1987
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9Some Recent Compilations
- Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. vols. 363-364 (2008)
Pollock, Pretty et al. - Agriculture at a Crossroads (Intl. Assess. of
Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology
for Development, IAASTD) - National Academies 21st Century Systems
Agriculture (forthcoming)
10AFSIC, National Agricultural Library afsic.n
al.usda.gov
11Sustainable Agriculture
- means an integrated system of plant and animal
production practices having a site-specific
application that will over the long-term - Satisfy human food and fiber needs
- Enhance environmental quality and the natural
resource base upon which the agriculture economy
depends - Make the most efficient use of nonrenewable
resources and on-farm resources and integrate,
where appropriate, natural biological cycles and
controls - Sustain the economic viability of farm
operations, and - Enhance the quality of life for farmers and
society as a whole
U.S. Code Title 7, Section 3103
12Satisfy human food and fiber needs
13Enhance environmental quality and the natural
resource base upon which the agriculture economy
depends
14Make the most efficient use of nonrenewable
resources and on-farm resources and integrate,
where appropriate, natural biological cycles and
controls
15Sustain the economic viability of farm operations
16Enhance the quality of life for farmers and
society as a whole