Co-operative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture

Co-operative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture

Across the OECD, farmers are voluntarily forming community-based associations to help achieve a more sustainable agriculture. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How can it be encouraged? To what extent can such group-based voluntary action substitute for, or complement, existing agri-envir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 1998.
Materias:
Environment
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture, Cooperative
Sustainable agriculture
Business & Economics
Agricultural Economics
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705532106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. VOLUNTARY GROUP ACTION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: ISSUES
  • Voluntary, co-operative approaches: a public choice perspective
  • General strengths and weaknesses of using voluntary groups as agents of public policy
  • Factors influencing the suitability of voluntary co-operative approaches to sustainable agriculture
  • Framework for evaluation
  • 3. AUSTRALIA
  • Background
  • Genesis of the Landcare movement
  • Examples of Landcare groups
  • Government policy: The National Landcare Program (NLP)
  • Funding
  • Links with other programmes
  • Evaluations
  • 4. CANADA
  • Background
  • Genesis of Canada’s rural conservation clubs
  • Examples of farmer-led initiatives
  • Evaluation
  • 5. THE NETHERLANDS
  • Background
  • Genesis of farmer-led environmental groups in The Netherlands
  • Government policy in respect of the farmer’s environmental groups
  • The eco-coops and their proposals
  • Evaluation
  • 6. NEW ZEALAND
  • Background
  • Genesis of farmer groups working for sustainable land management in New Zealand
  • Examples of farmer-led initiatives
  • Evaluations
  • Recent developments
  • 7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • Characteristics of farm community groups
  • The role of government policy
  • Overview and suggestions of relevance to policy makers
  • Annex: JOINT IMPLEMENTATION IN AGRICULTURE: NEW YORK’S WATERSHED AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMME
  • Bibliography

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