Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming
Uffe Jorgensen and Erik Steen Kristensen. Organic Farming Benefits the Aquatic Environment. December 2003.
Environmental energetic, and economic comparisons of organic and conventional farming systems (2005)
By Pimental D., Hepperly P., Hanson J., Douds D., Seidel R. Bioscience, 55, 574-582.
Fundamental Differences Between Conventional and Organic Tomato Agroecosystems in California.
By L.E. Drinkwater, D.K. Letourneau, F. Workneh, A.H.C. van Bruggen, & C. Shennan. 1995. Ecological Society of America.
Their study of 20 commercial farms in California found that organic fields had 28 percent more carbon in the soil than industrial farms.
Full study not available online, but it is available for purchase at: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2269357
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.
By Catherine Badgley, Jeremy Moghtader, Eileen Quintero, Emily Zakem, M. Jahi Chappell, Katia Avilés-Vázquez, Andrea Samulon and Ivette Perfecto (2007), 22 : 86-108 Cambridge University Press.
This comprehensive study of 293 crop comparisons of industrial and organic agriculture demonstrated that organic farm yields are roughly comparable to industrial farm yields in developed countries and result in much higher yields in developing countries.
The press release can be viewed at: http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5936
Or the full article can be purchased at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1091304
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Organic Agriculture and Food Security, 2002
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Organic Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Asia: China and India Focus
The lead consultant and primary author of this report was Daniele Giovannucci; the lead evaluator for this evaluation was Paolo Silveri in collaboration with Lea Joensen; 2005.
Organic Consumers Association
Ronnie Cummins. The Organic Revolution: How We Can Stop Global Warming. October 2009.
T. Gomiero, M.G. Paoletti, and D. Pimentel. Energy and Environmental Issues in Organic and Conventional Agriculture. In Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, July 2008.
The Organic Center
David Pimentel. Impacts of Organic Farming on the Efficiency of Energy Use in Agriculture. An Organic Center State of Science Review. August 2006.
U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mark Shepherd, Bruce Pearce, Bill Cormack, Lois Philipps, Steve Cuttle, Anne Bhogal, Peter Costigan, and Roger Unwin. An Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Organic Farming. May 2003.
University of Essex
Reducing Food Poverty with Sustainable Agriculture: A Summary of New Evidence
By Jules Pretty and Rachel Hine, 2001
University of Michigan
Catherine Badgley, Jeremy Moghtader, Eileen Quintero, Emily Zakem, M. Jahi Chappell, Katie Aviles-Vazquez, Andrea Samulon, and Ivette Perfecto. Organic Agriculture and the Global Food Supply. In Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2007.
United Nations Environment Programme – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa. 2008.
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