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Boulanger and Messerlin argue that more international trade is essential for an increase in the global resilience of agriculture and that better targeting of public and private policies is critical. On Karami and Keshavarz's reading, sustainability, climate change, and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy are relatively new challenges for agriculture. Wu and Sardo argue that an effective, long-term sustainability of agriculture must primarily gain farmers acceptance. Wilson analyzes the recent transition from agriculture as a producer of food and fibre to that of agriculture as a producer of multifunctional products and spaces. Casper affirms that new discoveries and farming techniques make agriculture more productive, efficient, and friendly to the environment.
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The Importance of Social and Institutional Factors for Facilitating and Achieving Sustainable Agriculture
Boulanger and Messerlin argue that more international trade is essential for an increase in the global resilience of agriculture and that better targeting of public and private policies is critical. European tax-payers are likely to grow more reluctant to pay subsidies to large farmers that are based on increasingly faraway productions and yields. The political legitimacy of subsidies to farmers for the provision of environmental services is unclear. Designing research and development inve...
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