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| Title: | Influence of international markets on ecological sustainability of agricultural production: a conceptual model |
| Authors: | Kox, H.L.M. Stellinga, R. |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Issue: | 1992-35 |
| Pages: | 97 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Serie research memoranda (ISSN 1381-1649) |
| City of publisher: | Amsterdam |
| Publisher: | Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie |
| Geographic terms: | Sudan Subsaharan Africa Mali Botswana |
| Subjects: | market agricultural ecology |
| External link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1871/12359 |
| Abstract: | This paper formulates a conceptual model for the analysis of links between international market conditions and their influence on the sustainability of agricultural production. After the introduction, ch. 2 deals with resource use and environmental problems in the agricultural sector. Ch. 3 operationalizes the concept of sustainable agriculture, from both a static and a dynamic point of view. Ch. 4 sketches a model for analysing the influence of changes in international market structures on the sustainability of a given national agricultural system. In ch. 5, the influence of international market changes on agricultural resource use is sketched for six characteristic agri-ecological systems. This chapter includes the following case studies from Africa: Livestock in Botswana; Cotton production in south Mali; Resource use and environment in cocoa production (West Africa amongst others); and The special role of gum arabic from Sudan. In ch. 6 the usefulness and applicability of the conceptual framework is discussed on the basis of the case studies. |