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Cultivating a Secure Future: Rural Development and Sustainable Agriculture in Canada
The monograph Cultivating a Secure Future: Rural Development and Sustainable Agriculture in Canada is a Canadian contribution to the land use dialogue at the Eighth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD), April 24 to May 5, 2000.
The monograph begins with a broad description of current government approaches to rural development in Canada, emphasizing that sustainable rural development depends not so much on sustainable agriculture as on economic diversification. Sustainable agriculture is characterized as the key to protecting the natural resources on which agriculture depends, as well as an important component of food security in Canada and abroad. The monograph describes Canadian developments toward sustainable agriculture, acknowledging the integration of environmental, economic, and social ingredients, but concentrating on advances being made with respect to environmental sustainability. It concludes with a list of the next steps that can be taken to move Canada further along in stabilizing and building rural communities and ensuring that agriculture can be practised profitably and in an environmentally sound way in the years to come.
Additional copies of this publication are available in limited quantities at no charge from:
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©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2000
Cat. No. E2-136/8-2000
ISBN 0-662-64827-7
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This publication may be reproduced without permission provided the source is fully acknowledged. However, reproduction of this publication in whole or part for the purposes of resale or redistribution requires prior written permission from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9.
Other monographs in the series are as follows:
- The Sustainable Management of Forests, Monograph No. 1
- Sustainable Transportation, Monograph No. 2
- Ensuring the Health of the Oceans and Other Seas, Monograph No. 3
- Sustainable Development of Minerals and Metals, Monograph No. 4
- Canadian Youth Perspectives on Sustainable Development, Monograph No. 5
- Canada and Freshwater: Experience and Practices, Monograph No. 6
- Canada's Oceans: Experience and Practices, Monograph No. 7
- Sustainable Forest Management: A Continued Commitment in Canada, Monograph No. 9
- Minerals and Metals: Towards a Sustainable Future, Monograph No. 10
- Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development in the Canadian Arctic, Monograph No. 11
- The Contribution of Earth Sciences to Sustainable Land and Resource Management, Monograph No. 12
- Learning from Nature: Canada – The Ecosystem Approach and Integrated Land Management, Monograph No. 13
- Energy and Sustainable Development: A Canadian Perspective, Monograph No. 14
- Sustainable Transportation: The Canadian Context, Monograph No. 15
- Information for Decision Making in Sustainable Development, Monograph No. 16
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