Session 3 & 4 SOCIAL PRESSURES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES

a)Consumer preference for safe food in the export markets

b)Environmental regulations in the post-GATT phase

c) Ecological movements in developing as well as developed countries

d) Farmer movements for sustainable as well as non-sustainable agriculture

e) International organic agriculture movement

Essential Readings:
1. Diver Steve, 2000, Towards a Sustainable Agriculture, New Renaissance, 6 (2), p.6
http://www.ru.org/artagri.htm

2. 2001. Alternative Agriculture related internet sites and documents, the Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/afslinks.htm.

Desirable Reading:
3. Nadkarni, M.V., “Farmer Movements in India, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1987, p.237.

4. FAO. 2002. Safe food and Nutritious Diet for Consumers. World Food Summit five year later 10-13 June, 2002
www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/sideevents/ papers/y6656e.htm