TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY -- Copyright -- Contents -- TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY -- Summary -- A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- CRITICAL RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- AN INTEGRATED RESEARCH STRATEGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Framework for Assessing Research Priorities -- KEY ELEMENTS IN THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK -- SELECTING APPROPRIATE ORGANISMS AND HUSBANDRY -- APPLYING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK -- THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND THE FARMER -- 3 Research Priorities To Support Sustainable Agriculture -- OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON RESOURCE CONSERVATION -- ENHANCING SOIL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES -- MANAGING SOIL PROPERTIES -- IMPROVING WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- MATCHING CROPS TO ENVIRONMENTS -- INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS -- 4 Supporting an Integrated Research Strategy -- STRUCTURES TO LINK USERS AND RESEARCHERS -- STRUCTURES TO LINK RESEARCH COMPONENTS -- MECHANISMS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF RESEARCH -- MECHANISMS TO SET RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- MECHANISMS TO INTEGRATE DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS -- CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES -- 5 Conclusions -- USE OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE -- THE NEED FOR A CHANGE IN THE RESEARCH PARADIGM -- LINKS BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE -- THE PROCESS OF SETTING PRIORITIES -- CURRENT RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- References -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B Workshop Participants October 1-2, 1990 Irvine, CA.