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Stability of the food supply is broadly related to the environmental conditions that allow for sustainable food production and encourage productivity as well as to the economic conditions that allow for sustainable supplies at reasonable prices. This paper focuses on the interactions and interdependencies between farming practices and environmental conditions....
Conference report
2007
Organic agriculture offers insights towards a paradigm shift in food security which this paper reviews, with a view to:
Identify strengths and weaknesses of organic agriculture related to the food security dimensions of availability, access, stability and utilization;
assess potential impacts of organic agriculture on sustainable food security, including hunger, poverty, the...
Conference report
2007
Many of the benefits of organic agriculture depend on establishing an ecological balance among soil, plants and animals, not just on substituting organic pesticides and fertilizers for synthetic ones. This fundamental difference is particularly important for farmers who have little experience in organic agriculture. Inadequate advice jeopardizes not just the...
Conference report
2007
Food availability, access, stability and utilization are all part of the multi-dimensional nature of food security. The “availability” aspect, discussed here, refers to the availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or inputs.
However, measurement of productivity alone is not sufficient to evaluate the performance...
Book
2007
The paper compares the organizational structure and marketing strategies in organic supply chains operating under three certification schemes in developing and transition economies. A value chain management approach needs to be considered when analysing the requirements associated with supplying certified organic products. Regardless of the scheme, complying with organic standards...
Report
2007
Agroecology will only materialize as a scientific and development paradigm when professionals trained exist in the same logic. The Federal Institutes (IFs) were created in 2008. It proposes a new institutional framework capable of promoting an educational policy committed to local and regional sustainable development, besides outlining strategies for social...
Brazil
Journal article
2019
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