24/07/2004
Sustainable agriculture and SAI Platform
CIAA policy approach to Sustainable Agriculture

The purpose of the document is to guide and support policy developments and to encourage CIAA activities aimed at making agricultural production more sustainable.

CIAA strongly supports the improvement of mainstream agricultural production conditions with a view to move in the direction of increased sustainability. CIAA and SAI Platform agree on following definition to embrace the issue:

"Sustainable agriculture is a productive, competitive and efficient way to produce agricultural products, while at the same time protecting and improving the natural environment and social and economic conditions of local communities".

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