Session 5 & 6 CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
a) Historical basis of sustainability in traditional agriculture and challenge of increasing food demand
b) Sustainability of production systems, lifestyles, values and institutions of resource management:
c) Ethical basis of sustainability: six principles of bio-ethics
Munshi, K.M. “The Gospel of the Dirty Hand”, New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1951.
Gupta, Anil K., 1995, “Sustainable Institutions for Natural Resource Management: How do we participate in people’s plans?” by APDC in “People’s Initiatives for Sustainable Development: Lessons of Experience”. (Eds., Syed Abdus Samad, Tatsuya Watanabe and Seung-Jin Kim), Chapter 15, pp.341-373
Gupta, A. K. 1985. Socio-Ecological Paradigm for Analyzing Problems of Poor in Dry Regions , Ecodevelopment News, (Paris) No.32-33, March 1985,pp 68-74.
Desirable Readings:
Modernizing Indian Agriculture: Priority, Tasks and Critical Policies, August 31, 2000, http://www.rbi.org.in/ Press release : 2000-2001/328
Rigby, Dan and Daniel Caceres, 1997, The Sustainability of Agricultural Systems , Working Paper No.10, Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, http://www. idpm.man.ac.uk/wp/rr/rr_wp10.pdf