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Issues Paper

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ISSUES PAPER:
THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL CHARACTER OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND

Contents

Executive Summary

• Introduction
• The Multiple Functions of Agriculture and Land
• A Conceptual Framework
• The Way Forward
• Processes at the National and International Levels

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Introduction
  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
  • Rome Declaration on World Food Security

Chapter 2 - The MFCAL Concept

• Introduction
• 2.1 The Multifunctional Character of Agriculture and Land
• 2.2 Key Functions of Agriculture
  • 2.2.1 Food Security
  • 2.2.2 The Environmental Function
  • 2.2.3 The Economic Function
  • 2.2.4 The Social Function

Chapter 3 - Illustrative Evidence

• Introduction
• 3.1 MFCAL Parameters
  • 3.1.1 Space and Scale
  • 3.1.2 Time and Sequence
  • 3.1.3 Multiple Impacts
  • 3.1.4 Trade-Offs
  • 3.1.5 Cross-Functional Benefits
  • 3.1.6 Enabling Factors

Chapter 4 - A Conceptual Framework

• Introduction
• 4.1 The Conceptual Framework: A Way of Looking at Trends in Agriculture and Land
  • 4.1.1 Regions with low natural resources potential and low institutional development
  • 4.1.2 Regions with high natural resources potential and low institutional development
  • 4.1.3 Regions with low natural resources potential and high institutional development
  • 4.1.4 Regions with high natural resources potential and high institutional development
• 4.2 Trends in Market Development, Trade and Multiple Functions
  • 4.2.1 Regions with weak markets, with low or high utilisation of multiple functions
  • 4.2.2 Regions with well-defined markets and low utilisation of multiple functions
  • 4.2.3 Regions with well-defined markets, with growing public and private demand for the multiple functions of agriculture and land
• 4.3 Policy Implications of the Conceptual Framework

Chapter 5 - The Way Forward

• Introduction
• The National Process
• The International Process

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