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Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture [1]

Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the global food system: agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a growing population, with rising demand for meat and high-calorie diets, while simultaneously minimizing its global environmental impacts. Organic farming—a system aimed at producing food with minimal harm to ecosystems, animals or humans—is often proposed as a solution.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
Verena Seufert [2], Navin Ramankutty [3], Jonathan A. Foley [4]
Nature [5]
229-234
Tags:
Agriculture [6], Organic Farming [7], Food Security [8], Soil Capability [9], Legumes [10], Agricultural Inputs [11], Developing Countries [12]
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legumes
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
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