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Organic farming and climate change [1]

Study focusing on organic agriculture and mitigation and adaptation to predictable and unpredictable impacts of climate change - looks at the general contribution of agriculture to climate change; discusses the considerable potential of organic agriculture for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and its contribution to sequestration of CO2 in the soil; outlines weaknesses of organic agriculture in the context of climate
change; discusses the inclusion of organic agriculture in voluntary CO2 emissions markets.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Urs Niggli [2], Heinz Schmid [3], Andreas Fliessbach [4]
International Trade Centre [5]
Tags:
Agriculture [6], Organic Farming [7], Food Supply [8], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [9], Climate Change [10], IPCC [11], Green House Gases [12], Global Warming [13], Floods [14], Extreme Weather Events [15], Climate Mitigation [16], Carbon Sequestration [17], Drought [18], Food Security [19]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/organic-farming-and-climate-change

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/organic-farming-and-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/urs-niggli
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/heinz-schmid
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/andreas-fliessbach
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-trade-centre
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ipcc
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security