Ruttan V W
Departments of Applied Economics and Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 25;96(11):5960-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.5960.
The transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production during the 21st century will take place within the context of a transition to a stable population and a possible transition to a stable level of material consumption. If the world fails to successfully navigate a transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production, the failure will be due more to a failure in the area of institutional innovation than to resource and environmental constraints.
21世纪农业生产向可持续增长的转变将在人口向稳定状态转变以及物质消费可能向稳定水平转变的背景下发生。如果世界未能成功实现农业生产向可持续增长的转变,那么失败更多是由于制度创新领域的失败,而非资源和环境限制。