Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Major Issues for a Sustainable Agriculture
6. 1 Achieving and Maintaining a Sustainable Agriculture 13
7. 2 Sustainability of Agriculture in Egypt: A Non-Egyptian Perspective 27
8. 3 Sustainability of Agriculture in Egypt: An Egyptian Perspective 39
9. Part 2 Environmental Aspects
10. 4 Environmental Sustainability and the Redesign of Agroecosystems 45
11. 5 Environmental Sustainability of Egyptian Agriculture: Problems and Perspectives 59
12. Part 3 Development of Natural and Human Resources
13. 6 Egypt's Water Resource Management and Policies 69
14. 7 Research Process, Human Resources, and the Quest for Sustainability 81
15. Part 4 Adaptation of Technology
16. 8 Toward a Sustainable Rice Production System for Egypt 91
17. 9 Transfer and Adoption of Horticultural Technology: A Global Overview 103
18. Part 5 Economic Aspects
19. 10 Egyptian Agricultural Policy and the Challenges of the 1990s 115
20. 11 Structural Adjustment and Egyptian Agriculture: Some Preliminary Indications of the Impact of Economic Reforms 127
21. 12 The Agricultural Sector in the Context of Egypt's Structural Adjustment Program 141
22. 13 Strategy of the Commons: Opportunities and Challenges for Egyptian Agriculture 155
23. 14 The Uruguay Round of Multilateral Negotiations and Egyptian Agriculture 165
24. Part 6 Cultural, Social, and Political Aspects
25. 15 The Social Sustainability of Induced Development: Culture and Organization 175
26. 16 Small Farmer Households and Agricultural Sustainability in Egypt 185
27. 17 Women's Rights as a Condition for Sustainability of Agriculture 197
28. 18 Sustainable Development Necessitates a Social Revolution 207
29. 19 Population Dynamics and Sustainable Agricultural Development in Egypt 219
30. 20 Integration of Environmental and Sustainable Development Dimensions in Agricultural Planning and Policy Analysis 231
31. 21 Food, Jobs, and Water: Participation and Governance for a Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt 243
32. Conference Organizing Committee 255
33. Conference Participants 257
34. Index 261
35. About the Book 273