Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the
greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to …

Organic agriculture is often perceived as more sustainable than conventional farming. We
review the literature on this topic from a global perspective. In terms of environmental and …

The greatest challenge for agriculture is to reduce the trade-offs between productivity and
long-term sustainability. Therefore, it is interesting to analyse organic agriculture which is a …

Consumers are more and more concerned with the health of the food they eat. While great
public anxiety about genetically engineered foodstuffs and BSE in cattle has developed in …

Organic agriculture can contribute to meaningful socio-economic and ecologically
sustainable development, especially in poorer countries. This is due on the one hand to the …

Organic agriculture can sustain rural development and ease poverty. However, whether it
could be a viable pathway to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers in the context of …

Organic farming is a promising agricultural method with positive effects on the human
ecological and social environment. Governments have taken over a major role in defining …

While organic agriculture (OA) is rapidly expanding, the important question is to understand
how OA can contribute to sustainable food production system (SFPS). The SFPS is …

Organic agriculture (OA) currently occupies 0.3% of agricultural land, mostly in developed
countries. This land is farmed according to rules administered by various OA-regulating …

The aims of organic farming are to protect:(a) the environment, by using organic
management practices that do not have the adverse effects of conventional practices, and …