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Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture

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Published November 2017 by Nature Communications. Authored by Muller, A. , Schader, C. , Scialabba, N. E-H. , Bruggemann, J. , Isensee, A. , Erb. K-H. , Smith, P. , Klocke, P. , Leiber, F. , Stolze, M. and Niggli, U.

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

Sustainability Issues:

Climate change
Consumers and supply chains
Forests and other ecosystems

Outcomes of Interest:

Consumer preferences
Cost of inputs
Deforestation and forest protection

Specific Themes:

Ecosystem 
Scalability / scalable solutions

Sectors:

Agriculture

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Global

Summary

Organic agriculture is proposed as a promising approach to achieving sustainable food systems, but its feasibility is also contested. The paper uses a food systems model that addresses agronomic characteristics of organic agriculture to analyze the role that organic agriculture could play in sustainable food systems.
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Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture

Modeling study
Journal article

Published November 2017 by Nature Communications. Authored by Muller, A. , Schader, C. , Scialabba, N. E-H. , Bruggemann, J. , Isensee, A. , Erb. K-H. , Smith, P. , Klocke, P. , Leiber, F. , Stolze, M. and Niggli, U.

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