Sustainable agricultural development

Slovak term: Slovenský termín

1. Sustainable development is the management and conservation of the natural resource base and the orientation of technological and institutional change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs for the present and future generations. Such Sustainable development (in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors) conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, is environmentally non-degrading, technically appropriate, economically viable and socially acceptable (FAO, 1995).

Explanation

Sustainable agriculture is one of the greatest challenges. Sustainability implies that agriculture not only secure a sustained food supply, but that its environmental, socio-economic and human health impacts are recognized and accounted for within national development plans (FAO, 1995).

References

• FAO (1995) Control of water pollution from agriculture

Links

• WHO — The Health and Environment Lexicon
• [www.fao.org Food and Agriculture Orginazation of the United Nations]