This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with developed countries. It demonstrates the often unrecognised roles that organic farming can play in climate change, food security and sovereignty, carbon sequestration, cost internalisations, ecosystems services, human health and the restoration of degraded landscapes.
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Contact
- Niels halberg, ICROFS, Denmark
- Adrian Müller, FiBL Switzerland
About the Editors
Niels Halberg is Director of the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Tjele, Denmark.
Adrian Muller has a dual appointment as Senior Researcher at FiBL and at the Professorship for Environmental Policy and Economics (PEPE) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Links
- Routledge.com: Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods
Review copies for the media
A review copy for the media can be requested via the form on the Routledge website: http://www.routledge.com/resources/review_copy_request/
Discounted purchases
Members of the International Society for Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) as well as subscribers to the of the ICROFS and the FiBL newsletter will receive a 20% discount off the recommended retail price of the work, plus postage.
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