Organic agriculture for sustainable livelihoods / edited by Niels Halberg and Adrian Muller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halberg, Niels.

Müller, Adrian F., 1971-

Series:

Earthscan Food and Agriculture

Earthscan food and agriculture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic farming--Social aspects.

Organic farming.

Organic farming--Economic aspects.

Organic farming--Environmental aspects.

Sustainable agriculture--Social aspects.

Sustainable agriculture.

Sustainable agriculture--Economic aspects.

Sustainable agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Sustainability.

Quality of life.

Rural development.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) 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 covers market-oriented approaches and challenges for OA as part of high value chains and as an agro-ecologically based development for improving food security. It demonstrates the often unrecognised roles that organic farming can play in climate change, food security and sov

Contents:

Organic agriculture, livelihoods and development / Niels Halberg and Adrian Muller

Case 1: Carbon credits from organic agriculture : Experiences from Costa-Rica / Jonathan Castro and Manuel Amador

Consequences of organic agriculture for smallholder farmer's livelihood and food security / P. Panneerselvam, N. Halberg and S. Lockie

Globalization of organic food chains and the environmental impacts / John E Hermansen, Marie T. Knudsen and Christian Schader

The use of agro-ecological methods in organic farming / Y.H. Qiao, N. Halberg and M. Oelofse

Case 2: Life cycle assessment (LCA) of organic orange juice imported from Brazil to Denmark : a case study / Marie Trydeman Knudsen, Niels Halberg, Gustavo Fonseca de Almeida, Lucimar Santiago de Abreu, Vibeke Langer and John E. Hermansen

The Potential of Organic Agriculture for Contributing to Climate Change Adaptation / Adrian Muller, Balgis Osman-Elasha and Lise Andreasen

Organic Agriculture Governance in the Global South : New Opportunities for Participation in Agricultural Development and Livelihood Outcomes / Kristen Lyons, Gomathy Palaniappan and Stewart Lockie

The possibilities for inclusion of smallholder farmers in organic market chain development / Paul Rye Kledal, Frank Eyhorn, Bo van Elzakker and Elsio Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo

Case 3: Certified organic and fair trade impacts on smallholders livelihoods in Kandy case area- Sri Lanka / S. Vaheesan, K. Zoysa and N. Halberg

Policies and Actions to Support Organic Agriculture / Sofia Twarog

Comparative institutional analyses of certified organic agriculture conditions in Brazil and China / Henrik Egelyng, Lucimar de Abreau, Luping Li and Maria Fernanda Fonseca

The dynamics and recomposition of agroecology in Latin America / L.S. de Abreu and S. Bellon

Case 4: Food security obtained through Farmer Family Learning Group approaches : Description of a project between Organic Denmark, NOGAMU and SATNET Uganda / Inge Lis Dissing, Jane Nalunga, Thaddeo Tibasiima, and Aage Dissing, Mette Vaarst

Research needs for development of organic agriculture in sub Saharan Africa / Charles Ssekyewa, Francisca George and Adrian Muller.

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-46936-2

1-283-58514-6

9786613897596

0-203-12848-6

1-136-46937-0

9780203128480

OCLC:

811502814