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  • Table 1: Motivation and influence for technology adoption




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    Table 1: Motivation and influence for technology adoption
    Source: United Nations Environment Programme, Environmentally Sound Technologies for Sustainable Development (Osaka, Division of 
    Technology, Industry and Economics, 2003). Available from www.unep.or.jp/ietc/techtran/focus/sustdev_est_background.pdf (accessed 6 
    March 2012).
    Until fossil energy resources and GHG emissions are priced appropriately, marked by the point when distorting 
    subsidies are removed and externalities are internalized, government policies will need to support R&D and the 
    adoption of certain green technologies. Four policy measures that have proven successful in the Asia-Pacific 
    region are: i) renewable energy targets and portfolio standards; ii) renewable energy certificates; iii) feed-in 
    tariffs; and iv) green public procurement.
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    Green technology – agriculture
    Agriculture accounts for about 13–15 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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    Having a share in global 
    GDP of only about 4 per cent, it is very greenhouse-gas intensive. Under a business-as-usual scenario, agricultural 
    greenhouse gas emissions are predicted to rise by almost 40 per cent by 2030. Climate change could reduce 
    total agriculture production in many developing countries by up to 50 per cent in the next few decades. At the 
    same time, the population of the world is projected to nearly double, potentially creating tensions between food 
    supply and demand.
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    Green growth in agriculture is achieved through a shift to practices that take into account the regional environ-
    mental capacity, by promoting low-carbon production and carbon sequestration capacities. What is needed is 
    a low-carbon life cycle, not only in terms of production but also encompassing distribution, processing and con-
    sumption.
    Agriculture that pursues green growth can be characterized as green agriculture – although the term is not 
    widely used. There are several green concept terms more commonly used in reference to agriculture. Sustain-
    able agriculture is one such term. It integrates the three goals of sustainable development: environmental 
    protection, economic profitability and social equity. Sustainable agriculture covers organic farming, low 
    external-input agriculture, agro-ecological and bio-dynamic production systems, integrated livestock and crop 
    farming systems and conservation tillage.

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