Re: [ECOLOG-L] Organic Agriculture

Hi, Here are some more: 1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734975009001876 2) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800915306212 3) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880911002805 Best, Hossein On Mar 22, 2017, at 01:49, Benjamin R. Runkle

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Organic Agriculture

Jane, if you consider ecological agriculture (which may or may not include organic, depending on how it’s done, but typically organic would be considered part of eco-ag practices), a great review and reference is De Schutter, O. (2010). Agroecology and the right to food. Interim report of the

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Organic Agriculture

Hi Jane and all I can absolutely recommend this recent article: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/3/e1602638.full Many shades of gray—The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture Verena Seufert and Navin Ramankutty Science Advances 10 Mar 2017: Vol. 3, no. 3, e1602638

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Organic Agriculture

Hi ​ Phil, Following two articles conducted meta-analysis to compare organic and conventional systems for different crops in terms of yield: 1. Seufert, V., Ramankutty, N. and Foley, J.A., 2012. Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture. *Nature*, *485*(7397), pp.229-232. 2.

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[ECOLOG-L] Organic Agriculture

Lately, a lot of people in skeptical communities have been saying that not only does organic agriculture use more land than conventional, it's no better or even worse for the environment overall. What do those of you with expertise in agroecology think about this? Jane -- - Jane

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