Agricultural Sustainability

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Agricultural Sustainability

• Jill S. Auburn
• Sustainability Advisor
• Research, Education Economics, USDA

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• See also
• NIFA launch at National Press Club
• Director Beachys speech to APLU
• www.nifa.usda.gov
• Newsroom
• About us - speeches

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Sustainable Development

• "meets the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their own needs.

Our Common Future, Report of the United Nations
World Commission on Environment and Development
(Brundtland Commission), 1987
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Some Recent Compilations

• Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. vols. 363-364 (2008)
  Pollock, Pretty et al.
• Agriculture at a Crossroads (Intl. Assess. of
  Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology
  for Development, IAASTD)
• National Academies 21st Century Systems
  Agriculture (forthcoming)

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AFSIC, National Agricultural Library afsic.n
al.usda.gov
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Sustainable Agriculture

• means an integrated system of plant and animal
  production practices having a site-specific
  application that will over the long-term
• Satisfy human food and fiber needs
• Enhance environmental quality and the natural
  resource base upon which the agriculture economy
  depends
• Make the most efficient use of nonrenewable
  resources and on-farm resources and integrate,
  where appropriate, natural biological cycles and
  controls
• Sustain the economic viability of farm
  operations, and
• Enhance the quality of life for farmers and
  society as a whole

U.S. Code Title 7, Section 3103
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Satisfy human food and fiber needs
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Enhance environmental quality and the natural
resource base upon which the agriculture economy
depends
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Make the most efficient use of nonrenewable
resources and on-farm resources and integrate,
where appropriate, natural biological cycles and
controls
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Sustain the economic viability of farm operations
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Enhance the quality of life for farmers and
society as a whole