Pursuit of Sustainable Development: Global Debates and Local Agricultural Mgmt Systems in Africa
Concerns about sustainability have acquired center stage in the debate on economic development. Depending on the precise nature of the concern, sustainability issues are typically discussed either at the local or the global level. Yet interrelationships between global, national and local levels help define the problem more accurately and to identify solutions with regard to sustainability. Deliberations about systems for the management of sustainable agriculture in Africa must therefore be informed by the larger and at times cantankerous international debate on sustainability.