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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.