The multidimensional nature of food security includes food availability, access, stability and utilisation. For each dimension, organic agriculture offers benefits and experiences constraints, as summarised below It is important to keep in mind that, for each of the food security dimensions, the benefits and challenges described will not apply evenly to all organic farming systems, […]
Organic Agriculture and Food Security
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Government Participation in Organic Agriculture | Agriculture
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In most countries, organic agriculture has blossomed in response to market demand and despite some government indifference or policies that do not favour it. Small organic farmers face problems related to biased government policies and institutions, which tend to favour larger farmers, such as government research agencies that focus on crops grown by larger farmers, […]
Impact of Organic Agriculture on China and India | Agriculture
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It is inevitable that in very populous countries such as China and India — where the arable land and irrigation water necessary for agriculture are diminishing on a per capita basis — that more productive methods will be important, and that these land and water resources must be protected. Thus, as Swami Nathan has noted, […]