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This book deals with the important topic of policies for sustainable agriculture, since food insecurity is a growing concern for policy makers and will affect the quality of life and well-being of generations to come. The authors provide a theoretical background to the concept of sustainable agriculture including its recent developments; monitor the current state of sustainability in agriculture in different regions of the world; and evaluate current agricultural policies to propose new solutions. They show practical ways of sustainability measurement that could be applied to different regions. The book takes into account sustainability indicators based on economic, social and environmental aspects and discusses the trade-offs between these three dimensions. It also answers the question of whether current agricultural policies contribute to balancing between the goals of agriculture---that of not just providing food but of contributing to the greater good---and how policies differ and have evolved across the world. Finally, it puts together the best practices of sustainability for the use of policymakers. The book pays particular attention to least developed countries where hunger and malnutrition are high, but where productivity should not come at the expense of environmental and social goals.
This book is of use to a wide readership of policy makers, professionals and academics in the social and environmental sciences interested in the improvement of human life through sustainable agricultural policy implementation.
List of contents
PART I. APPROACHING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT.- Environmental dimension of sustainability in agriculture.- Socio-economic resilience in rural areas.- How sustainable is agriculture worldwide?- PART II. EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES.- Cost-effectiveness analysis of environmental policy in different regions of the world.- Trade-offs between environmental and socio-economic performance.- PART III. EVOLUTION OF POLICY SCHEMES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.- Evolution of agri-environmental schemes worldwide.- Comparing EU, USA and China's policy for sustainable agriculture.- Conclusions and recommendations.
About the author
Bazyli Czy¿ewski, PhD, is Full Professor; Lecturer and senior researcher in the Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business. He obtained a Ph.D. in economics in 2006, a habilitation degree in 2013 and a full professor title in economics in 2019. He authored or co-authored over 170 scientific publications and conducts research in the field of sustainable development economics, agricultural economics, ecological economics, institutional economics, and macroeconomics concerning environmental policy, political rents, public goods, input-output and efficiency analysis. He has published in reputable scientific journals including Environmental Science & Policy, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Land Use Policy, Sustainability Science, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, and Outlook on Agriculture.
¿ukasz Kryszak, PhD, works as a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has authored or co-authored around 30 papers in renowned scientific journals and monographs, including Science of the Total Environment, Outlook on Agriculture, Agricultural Economics (Czech). His main research areas are: agricultural policy, income and finance of the farms in the EU, productivity and efficiency analysis in agriculture, relations between economic and environmental aspects of farm functioning, behavioural aspects of Farmers decision making process. He uses mostly quantitative methods, including panel regression models, and DEA-based methods.
