Agriculture, Trade and Sustainability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3969971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erkan Rehber (a Agricultural Faculty, Department of Agricultural Economics , Uludag University , 16159, Gorukle-Bursa , Turkey E-mail), Libor Grega (0000-0002-7517-991X, b Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry , Zemedeska 1, 613 00 Brno , Czech Republic E-mail) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 463-479 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770802180755 |
| OpenAlex | W2138979480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In recent decades there has been growing concern about the combined undesired consequences of rapid economic growth, based on the free market movement, and developments in science and technology. This concern has placed the sustainable development concept on the world's agenda. The notion of sustainability, which originally referred mostly to the environmental consequences of human activities, along with their economic and social aspects, has been discussed not only at the national and the global levels but also in relation to particular sectors of the economy. One such sector is agriculture, which to be sustainable must be ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible. Unless current trade and agricultural policies are geared to creating such a structure, sustainability will be no more than a myth in the industrialized and globalized world, while considerable numbers of people will be left struggling with hunger and poverty. Ethical, fair trade and ecologic agricultural practices, such as organic farming, have been suggested as alternatives to existing practices. However, with their current and potential size, these alternatives cannot compete with existing production and trade systems. But these alternatives nevertheless highlight the main problems of current day free trade and industrialized agriculture structures and their related solutions. This paper reviews the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable agriculture: it raises the question whether the world-wide free market economy is really free, and it considers the undesired consequences of this economy by focusing on the relationship between sustainable agriculture and agriculture-related trade policies
Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Fair trade · Free market · Free trade · Geography · Globalization · International trade · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sustainability · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network · Sustainable development · Trade barrier · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Organic Food and Agriculture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |