Održiva poljoprivreda i ruralni razvoj je upravljanje i očuvanje prirodnih resursa i usmeravanje tehnoloških i institucionalnih promena ka postizanju i kontinuiranom zadovoljenju potreba sadašnjih i budučih generacija. Takav održivi razvoj u poljoprivredi podrazumeva očuvanje zemljišta, vode, biljnih i životinjskih resursa, ne ugrožava životnu srdinu, tehnički je primenljiv, ekonomski isplativ i društveno prihvatljiv.
Sustainable agriculture and rural development is management and conservation of the natural resource base, and the orientation of technological and institutional change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs for present and future generations. Such sustainable development in the agriculture conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, is environmentally nondegrading, technically appropriate, economically viable and socially acceptable