Planning for Agriculture

Author: Barry Smith
Published: 1998

Planning for Agriculture is a comprehensive guide for local government planners, farmers, and other stakeholders which provides a detailed review of plan and bylaw delivery systems and how agriculture can best fit within these processes. Key issues facing agriculture are considered along with practical suggestions and solutions that may be achieved through local initiatives. The importance of a more focused effort to plan for agriculture's sustainability through the adoption of 'agricultural area plans' and the detailed development of land use policy along critical portions of agriculture's interface are highlighted.

The main document, a summary report, is supported by the much larger "Resource Materials", reference material containing extensive information.

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  3. click on highlighted footnotes to display the footnote in the bottom portion of the right pane.
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