This paper looks at the opportunity for the organic community to take the initiative to develop standards to exclude engineered nanoparticles from organic products.
This article examines the rapid growth in China's organic food sector, and explores its causes, future directions and relevance to the country's food production and export strategies.
This report presents information about the post-harvest management, storage and transportation of organic fruit and vegetables, both in the fresh state and after processing.
To investigate if adoption of organic agriculture leads to better health or lower expenditure on healthcare, a survey was conducted on organic and conventional rice-farming households in North and Northeast Thailand in 2006.
This paper looks at the rapid rise of green food and organic agriculture in China, the motivations that have driven it, and the innovative implementation strategies underpinning it.
This paper assesses how the conditions under organic certification and fair-trade certification directly and indirectly contribute to the achievement of the MDG targets.
This briefing provides a global overview of the regulation of seeds in organic farming, and assesses what such regulations mean to the future of organic farming and its impact on small scale farmers.
This brief provides development policy makers and practitioners with an overview of the organic agriculture sector, with a focus on trade and market access for organic produce.
This book critically evaluates the agricultural production of both plants and livestock in organic farming systems.
Increasing global concern over the use of chemicals in agriculture is behind a growing trend of using organic methods of agricultural production.