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Many shades of gray - The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture

Seufert, Verena; Ramankutty, Navin

Abstract (englisch):

Organic agriculture is often proposed as a more sustainable alternative to current conventional agriculture. We assess the current understanding of the costs and benefits of organic agriculture across multiple production, environmental, producer, and consumer dimensions.Organic agriculture shows many potential benefits (including higher biodiversity and improved soil and water quality per unit area, enhanced profitability, and higher nutritional value) as well as many potential costs including lower yields and higher consumer prices. However, numerous important dimensions have high uncertainty, particularly the environmental performance when controlling for lower organic yields, but also yield stability, soil erosion, water use, and labor conditions.We identify conditions that influence the relative performance of organic systems, highlighting areas for increased research and policy support.


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000080709
Veröffentlicht am 06.03.2018
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602638
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsdatum 10.03.2017
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2375-2548
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-807092
KITopen-ID: 1000080709
Erschienen in Science advances
Verlag American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Band 3
Heft 3
Seiten e1602638
Schlagwörter organic agriculture
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