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Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Action Points

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Aditi Kapoor

This article emphasizes the climate-resilience of organic or low-input agriculture verses conventional or high-input agriculture, especially for small and marginal farmers who form the bulk of India’s agriculturalists. As Indian agriculture begins to bear the brunt of climate change - through changing crop cycles and uneven crop productivity - there is an urgent need to shift the focus of policy makers from ‘maximising productivity’ to ‘maximising’ multiple targets, especially soil fertility and nutrition, water conservation and energy-use. The section on action points gives a practical ‘to-do’ list for policy makers, including agreeing on a common definition of ‘sustainable agriculture.’ With global climate negotiations now turning their gaze on sustainable agriculture as the next sector for mitigation, this article lays out a clear roadmap for those who engage with the critical issues of food security and poverty in a changing climate.

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1398773143_Sustainable Agriculture - Issues & Action Points 2010.pdf