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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (114 words) |
 | The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament. |
| AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for: |
| Rural development (including the activities of the relevant financial instruments) |
| United Nations Division for Sustainable Development- Sustainable Development Issues - Agriculture (535 words) |
| Chapter 14 of Agenda 21, on sustainable agriculture and rural development, notes that, by the year 2025, 83 per cent of the expected global population of 8.5 billion will be living in developing countries. |
| Agriculture has to meet this challenge, mainly by increasing production on land already in use and by avoiding further encroachment on land that is only marginally suitable for cultivation. |
| Major adjustments are needed in agricultural, environmental and macroeconomic policy, at both national and international levels, in developed as well as developing countries, to create the conditions for sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD). |
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