Organic farming, prototype for sustainable agricultures

Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures. The book gathers 25 papers introduced in a first chapter. The first section investigates OF&F production processes and its capacity to benefit from the systems functioning to achieve higher self-sufficiency. The second one proposes an overview of organic performances providing commodities and public goods. The third one focuses on organics development pathways within agri-food systems and territories. As well as a strong theoretical component, this book provides an overview of the new challenges for research and development. It questions the benefits as well as knowledge gaps with a particular emphasis on bottlenecks and lock-in effects at various levels.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bellon, Stéphane editor, Penvern, Servane editor/a
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht, The Netherlands Springer Science+Business Media c201
Subjects:	Agricultura orgánica, Agricultura sostenible, Agroecología,
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=765911
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