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... The specter of possible changes in climate adds another level of uncertainty. It is time to ask how we can move "toward sustainability," toward a strategy of agriculture and natural resource management that supports current populations while leaving future generations an equitable share of the earth's great wealth.
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... A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING RESEARCH PRIORITIES To achieve sustainable agriculture, the world's agricultural productivity must be enhanced while its resource base is conserved. Research will be essential to this task.
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... AN INTEGRATED RESEARCH STRATEGY A collaborative, integrated research strategy requires institutional mechanisms and structures that effectively link research efforts and organizations with clients, and that enhance the interactions among the different components of research. Mechanisms are needed to reassess research priorities periodically and to generate local data about soil and water resources.
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... In view of the evolutionary nature of agricultural systems, it is important that the setting of research priorities be an ongoing process. Research priorities must be reassessed and adjusted periodically to serve the problems at hand.
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... The search for ways to achieve sustainable agriculture and natural resource management will require changes in our traditional approach to problem solving. Researchers must cross the boundaries of their individual disciplines; they must broaden their perspective to see the merits of indigenous knowledge; and they must look to the farmer for help in defining a practical context for research.
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  • water resources
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  • tropical environments
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  • agricultural strategies

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  • elements relevant
  • priorities periodically
  • world population

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  • sustainability demands
  • current populations
  • humid tropical
  • temperate regions

  • village organizations
  • input irrigation
  • zones ranging
  • requires institutional
  • agricultural production

  • environmental degradation
  • soil biological
  • water practices
  • affects soil
  • nutrient accumulating


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