Organic ariculture for sustainable livelihoods
This book provides 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 dev...
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2013
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Organic agriculture, livehoods and developments
- 2. Consequences of organic agriculture for smallholder farmer's livelihood and food security
- 3. Globalization of organic food chains and the enviromental impacts
- 4. The use of agro-ecological methods in organic farming
- 5. The potentials of organic agriculture : experiences from Costa Rica
- 6. Organic agriculture governance in the Global South : new oppotunities for participation in agricultural development and livelihood outcomes
- 7. The possibilities for inclusion of smallholder farmers in organic market chain development
- 8. Policies and action to support organic agruculture
- 9. Comparative institutional analyses of certified organic agriculture conditions in Brazil and China
- 10. The dynamics and recomposition of agroecology in Latin America
- 11. Research needs for developments of organic agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa