Toward Sustainability A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (1991) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Introduction to Operational Issues
Appendix A: Introduction to Operational Issues
Pages 43-46
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The drive for sustainable agriculture is one expression of an evolutionary process that involves a wide range of perspectives and professions. The deliberations of the National Research Council's Panel for Collaborative Research Support for AID's Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM)
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There are no models to guide the evolution of a conceptual framework for the SANREM CRSP, and the ideas generated by the Panel for Collaborative Research Support for AID's SANREM program will be vital to the Office of Agriculture in implementing the program. It is worth noting that
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The concept of maximum sustainable yield, which is used in fisheries management, can be thought of as a tool to stimulate thinking on other approaches. A flexible spatial dimension is required, one that goes beyond the plot to farm and watershed scales.
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The Office of Agriculture knows that it cannot accomplish everything with $3.3 million a year, especially as the list of interests and concerns continues to grows. Experiences such as that of the sorghum millet CRSP, which leveraged more than twice the amount of its basic funding through entrepreneurial activities and international agricultural research centers linkages, are salutary, however.
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