Agro ecology points to solutions, but strong support from governments is needed to scale up existing best practices.

There may be some techniques of farming that are inherently in conflict with the concept of sustainability, but there is widespread misunderstanding on impacts of some 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.

Monoculture, a method of growing only one crop at a time in a given field, is a very widespread practice, but there are questions about its sustainability, especially if the same crop is grown every year.

The Myth of Organic Agriculture

Cultivation, production and manufacture

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt is a ministerial body in charge of agriculture and land reclamation in Egypt.

Algeria needs agriculture.

The agriculture and fisheries sector has played a small role in the economy of Guam, accounting for less than 1 per cent of total private sector employment.

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

(NSO, 2000a).

Agriculture and fishery

In the field of agriculture

Improvement of the competitiveness of Greek Agriculture

Development and modernization of the agricultural sector.

Agriculture and fisheries

Likewise, organic farming actually leaves a larger footprint than its conventional cousin.

Finland's agriculture was efficient and productive at least when compared with farming in other European countries.

Good practices

But how much is invested in agriculture matters less than the type of agriculture that we support.

Agriculture grew at better than eight percent.

Economy Agriculture dominates the economy of Calvados.

Creating a sustainable agricultural farming systems network

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

They only come back home at the farming season.

Women in agriculture2

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Renewable energies from agriculture

Further consultations with the organic sector took place in the context of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) Conference on Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity and the IFOAM Organic Coffee Conference.

Improved general practices

prevention of fraudulent practices.

7. Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

This will be done by benchmarking practices and achievements against relevant best practices in the internal auditing profession.

To take stock of best practices and assess the effectiveness and impact of existing practices in corporate contributions to development, so as to facilitate the exchange of experiences and the dissemination of best corporate practices.

Meanwhile farming has evolved (in developed countries) in the direction of commercialization, economics of scale, and monocropping.

Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) is a grassroots program coordinated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.

Agriculture in Angola has a tremendous potential.

The participants were trained in urban farming techniques.

The Minister of Agriculture stressed the absorptive capacity of the sector.

(h) Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating desertification

When we refer to the environment, we mean agriculture.

Emergency food and agriculture support

Agriculture is considered to be an engine for the Doha round.

Programme area A Agriculture and food