Besides, adoption of sustainable agriculture practices helps reduce food miles.

C. Sustainable farm management practices and conservation agriculture to foster carbon storage

(h) Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating desertification

Seventh, the transition to sustainable agriculture must be completed.

Sustainable modernization of agriculture and rural transformation in Africa

Dr. Nikolaus Schultze, Head of Strategy, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Through conservation agriculture practices, farmers contribute to reducing emissions while combating land degradation.

(a) Sustainable energy use in the Canadian agriculture sector is currently limited.

All agriculture practices have been found to have a variety of effects on the environment.

Some believe that if innovations are sustainable, they become successful practices.

Indeed, the CAP is ensuring neither sustainable agriculture nor decent incomes for all farmers.

These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

This encourages unsustainable practices, hampers financing for sustainable forest management and contributes to deforestation.

During the World Food Summit (WFS), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) put emphasis on food security and therefore sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD).

Often, they cannot afford to invest in new sustainable practices to prepare for climate change.

An African Green Revolution may be an important vehicle for attaining sustainable modernization of agriculture and rural transformation.

This useful policy reduces exploitative practices that sometimes enable multinational corporations and wealthy governments to obtain outrageous profits from indigenous agriculture.

For example, those engaged in commercial agriculture can choose to extend business partnerships with companies committed to sustainable operations.

They turned off the tap to agriculture, leaving small farmers to rely on basic farming practices and on government and donor handouts.

Surface water is scarce in Botswana and less than 5 of the agriculture in the country is sustainable by rainfall.

TPN 6 on sustainable agriculture was launched in November 2004, back to back with an inter regional meeting on agroforestry.

Involving African women in decision making about crop production turns out to enable environmentally sustainable farming practices.

Voluntary instruments providing frameworks or processes that encourage voluntary adherence of stakeholders to sustainable approaches and practices

Agriculture in Mali also needed to be protected against the uncertainties of climate, in particular through mechanization and the improvement of farming practices.

Research efforts are aimed not only at increasing the productivity of cropping systems but also at ensuring that agriculture is sustainable.

An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency) is a ministry charged with agriculture.

The panellist from the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture said that agricultural smallholders were in fact private sector actors, not aid recipients.

The main factors impeding the sustainable development of water resources are chronic scarcity, deteriorating quality and unsustainable water utilization, especially in agriculture.

On the basis of the conclusions of the WSSD in Johannesburg, the Netherlands has developed a sustainable development strategy called Sustainable Action', which addresses five major themes water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity.

The Assembly of the African Union at its summit on Agriculture and Water, held in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, adopted the Sirte Declaration on the Challenges of Implementing Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Water in Africa .

Since the holding of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, member States have made available a significant amount of national information to the Commission on Sustainable Development, showcasing voluntary commitments, case studies and best practices in sustainable development.

Finally, instead of relying on the UN as a negotiating forum, countries should cluster around specific initiatives, from renewable power to sustainable agriculture.

In practice, there is no single approach to sustainable agriculture, as the precise goals and methods must be adapted to each individual case.

This entails fair and open rules, mutual accountability practices, and sustainable development objectives, all of which require active Chinese participation.

It helped eradicate hookworm and created the county agent system in American agriculture, linking research at state agricultural experiment stations with actual practices in the field.

It was necessary to establish modalities for agriculture negotiations designed to achieve greater access to markets, phase out domestic subsidies, and reduce all trade distorting practices.

10. Notes that sustainable agriculture in mountain regions is important for the protection of the mountain environment and the promotion of the regional economy

In some cases, the reforms introduced have led to mixed results, owing mainly to the persistence of non sustainable grazing practices.

The project fosters community led approaches, training, capacity building, interaction of landowners and farmers, and sustainable and dryland indigenous management practices.

Given the negative long term effects of the use of pesticides, she asked whether the Government had considered promoting more environmentally friendly practices, such as organic agriculture.

So we need sustainable agriculture led growth to increase supplies and keep prices affordable while also boosting the incomes of poor farmers in developing countries.

Modern planning and design initiatives are often more responsive to this model of urban agriculture because it fits within the current scope of sustainable design.

Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment,

International financial institutions are encouraged to fully participate in such efforts so as to increase the overall effect of sustainable recovery practices.

For sustainable improvements in health and nutrition, linkages are needed between social sectors (such as health and education) with productive sectors (such as agriculture and markets).