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Researching the sustainability of agriculture and rural communities,Harry K. Scharzweller and Thomas A. Lyson; Twentieth century agricultural andenvironmental transitions - a preliminary analysis, Frederick H. Buttel;competing paradigms - an overview and analysis of the alternativeconventional agricultural debate, Curtis E. Beus; Missouri farmers andpesticide use - a diversity of viewpoints, Douglas H. Constance, Jere L.Gilles, J. Sandford Rikoon and Ernest B. Perry; prospects for a sustainableagriculture in the Northeast rural/urban fringe, Max J. Pfeffer and Mark B.Lapping; fighting and uphill battle - population pressure and declining landproductivity in Rwanda, Daniel C. Clay; policy instruments designed to fostersustainable agriculture - an appraisal, Alan W. Black; seasonal and localdiets - consumer's role in achieving a sustainable food system, Jennifer L.Wilkins; sustainable agriculture and prospects for rural communitydevelopment in the United States, Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr.; labour exchangeamong dairy farmers - lessons from the past for a more sustainable future,Douglas Harper and Thomas A. Lyson; reinvigorating rural economies, FrederickKirschenmann; social capital and sustainability - agriculture and communitiesin the Great Plains and Corn Belt, Cornelia Butler Flora; some South Asianillustrations of policy issues in sustainable rural development, Nancy W.Axinn and George H. Axinn; biographical sketches.