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Zusatztext "The book is a pulse of conscious people who are in search of alternatives to the present unsustainable food and agriculture system. Provides enough food for thought to shift from the present exploitative! violent farming methods to compassionate and sustainable solutions." - Dr. A. Thimmaiah! Advisor (Organic Agriculture)! Royal Government of Bhutan."Adding an important voice to the sustainable intensification discussion from the perspective of organic agriculture! this book provides a realistic and evidence-based perspective that explores the principles and advantages of organic farming methods! beginning by defining the meaning of 'organic' - what it is! and what it is not." - Chantel Davies! BES AeG Newsletter Informationen zum Autor Niels Halberg is Director of the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Tjele, Denmark. His publications include the co-edited book Global Development of Organic Agriculture (2006). Adrian Muller has a dual appointment as Senior Researcher at the Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL / Research Institute of Organic Agriculture), Frick, Switzerland and at the Professorship of Environmental Policy and Economics (PEPE) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Klappentext "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Zusammenfassung In this volume the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods in analysed and assessed in detail. With socio-economic, environmental and agro-ecological perspectives, it includes an overview of the state of research and proposed strategies for harnessing the potential of OA. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Organic Agriculture, Livelihoods and Development 2. Consequences of Organic Agriculture for Smallholder Farmer's Livelihood and Food Security – Case 1: Food Security Obtained through Farmer Family Learning Group Approaches: Description of a Project Between Organic Denmark, NOGAMU and SATNET Uganda 3. Globalization of Organic Food Chains and the Environmental Impacts – Case 2: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Organic Orange Juice Imported from Brazil To Denmark: A Case Study 4. The Use of Agro-Ecological Methods in Organic Farming 5. The Potential of Organic Agriculture for Contributing to Climate Change Adaptation 6. Organic Agriculture Governance in the Global South: New Opportunities for Participation in Agricultural Development and Livelihood Outcomes 7. The Possibilities for Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers in Organic Market Chain Development – Case 4: Certified Organic and Fair Trade Impacts on Smallholders Livelihoods in Kandy Case Area: Sri Lanka 8. Policies and Actions to Support Organic Agriculture 9. Comparative Institutional Analyses of Certified Organic Agriculture Conditions in Brazil and China 10. The Dynamics and Recomposition of Agroecology in Latin America 11. Research Needs for Development of Organic Agriculture in Sub Saharan Africa ...
