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

Contributor(s): Halberg, Niels | Müller, Adrian F, 1971-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013Description: xvi, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849712958 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9781849712965 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780203128480 (ebook)Subject(s): Organic farming -- Social aspects | Organic farming -- Economic aspects | Organic farming -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable agriculture -- Social aspects | Sustainable agriculture -- Economic aspects | Sustainable agriculture -- Environmental aspects | Sustainability | Quality of life | Rural development | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 631.5/84 LOC classification: S605.5 | ORG 2013
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.
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"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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