Opting for the middle ground – blended sustainability as the way forward

Mockshell, Jonathan. (2018). Opting for the middle ground – blended sustainability as the way forward. Rural 21: The international journal for rural development . 52(3): 29-30

In both developed and developing countries, policy stakeholders are tussling with the question of whether to promote agroecological intensification or sustainable agricultural intensification to deal with the multiple burden of a growing population, a changing climate, environmental degradation, and a precarious food and nutrition security situation. This has nurtured intense debates and created an impasse among policy actors. Blended sustainability could be a way out.