strategy
Improving agricultural productivity
Synonyms:
Increasing agricultural productivityRaising agricultural yield
Increasing agricultural output
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends, where appropriate, strengthening existing advisory services and training staff, developing and testing new technologies and facilitating the adoption of practices to upgrade and maintain full productivity of the land.
Narrower:
Raising crop yieldsStabilizing agricultural and livestock productionIdentifying critical areas for agricultural productivityEvaluating effects of world trade agreements on agricultureUtilizing high productivity methods of agricultural managementRehabilitating agricultural lands for agricultural productivity Constrains:
Reducing agricultural production Constrained by:
Decreasing incentives for agricultural outputReducing unsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity Facilitates:
Planning integrated food plant nutrient programmes Facilitated by:
IntercroppingImproving farm irrigation systemsSubsidizing agricultural productionUpdating methods of agricultural production Problems:
Stagnated development of agricultural productionUnsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity
Organizations:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Subjects:
Agriculture, Fisheries → AgricultureAgriculture, Fisheries → Crops
Development → Reform
Economics → Productivity
Industry → Production
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
