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Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable agricultural Development

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Title of document: Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable agricultural Development

Authors: Verena Seufert

Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Institute for the Study of International Development

Year of publication: 2012

Geographic focus: World wide

Url original document: https://www.mcgill.ca/isid/files/isid/seufert.pb13.pdf

Summary: We need drastic change in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable agriculture that feeds people adequately, contribute to rural development and provide livelihood to farmers without destroying the natural resource basis. Organic agriculture has been proposed as an important means for achieving this goals. Organic agriculture currently covers only a small area in developing countries but its extent is continuously growing as demand for organic products is increasing.