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2. 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). The major objective of SARD is to increase food production in a sustainable way and enhance food security. This will involve education initiatives, utilization of economic incentives and the development of appropriate and new technologies, thus ensuring stable supplies of nutritionally adequate food, access to those supplies by vulnerable groups, and production for markets; employment and income generation to alleviate poverty; and natural resource management and environmental protection. [Chapter 14, Para 2]

4. (d) Land-resource planning information and education for agriculture; [Chapter 14, Para 4 (d)]

7. Sound policy decisions pertaining to international trade and capital flows also necessitate action to overcome: (a) a lack of awareness of the environmental costs incurred by sectoral and macroeconomic policies and hence their threat to sustainability; (b) insufficient skills and experience in incorporating issues of sustainability into policies and programmes; and (c) inadequacy of tools of analysis and monitoring.1 [Chapter 14, Para 7]

17. (a) To promote greater public awareness of the role of people's participation and people's organizations, especially women's groups, youth, indigenous people, local communities and small farmers, in sustainable agriculture and rural development; [Chapter 14, Para 17 (a)]

20. (a) Reinforce their work with non-governmental organizations in collecting and disseminating information on people's participation and people's organizations, testing participatory development methods, training and education for human resource development and strengthening the management structures of rural organizations; [Chapter 14, Para 20 (a)]

32. (a) Promote educational and vocational training for farmers and rural communities through formal and non-formal education; [Chapter 14, Para 32 (a)]

32. (b) Launch awareness and training programmes for entrepreneurs, managers, bankers and traders in rural servicing and small-scale agro-processing techniques. [Chapter 14, Para 32 (b)]

D. Land-resource planning, information and education for agriculture [Chapter 14, Section D.]

37. (a) Establish and strengthen agricultural land-use and land-resource planning, management, education and information at national and local levels; [Chapter 14, Para 37 (a)]

63. (b) Raise the awareness of agricultural extension services in order to link PGRFA activities with user communities; [Chapter 14, Para 63 (b)]

77. (c) Undertake national surveys to establish baseline information on the use of pesticides in each country and the side-effects on human health and environment, and also undertake appropriate education. [Chapter 14, Para 77 (c)]

**. Governments at the appropriate level, with the support of the relevant international and regional organizations, should enhance public awareness of rural energy problems, stressing the economic and environmental advantages of renewable energy sources. [Chapter 14, Para **]