tailieunhanh - ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AVAILABILITY

Food availability, access, stability and utilization are all part of the multi-dimensional nature of food security. The “availability” aspect, discussed here, refers to the availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or inputs. Productivity is usually considered the ultimate benchmark when comparing the performance of agricultural systems. For example, those involved in agricultural research and development want to know how much yield would be reduced if conventional agriculture were converted to organic agriculture. While rigorous research has been done in developed countries to address this question, scientific evidence from developing countries is rare. This. | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE anoFOOD SECURITY 3 - 5 MAY 2007 FAO ITALY CIHEAM MAI BARI TWN Third World Network RAFI-USA Rural Advancement Foundation International USA IF@4M INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE and ORLDwATCH N S T I T U T E WWF AS5OCIAZ1QNE ITALIANA AGRJCOLTURA BIOLOGICA FOOD AVAILABILITY OFS 2007 1 i ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AVAILABILITY TABLE OF CONTENTS ISSUES PAPER ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FOOD I. II. CONTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE TO FOOD A. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE Temperate and irrigated Arid and semi-arid Humid and per-humid Hills and B. DOES ORGANIC AGRICULTURE USE RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY .7 Energy Economic C. ADAPTED TECHNOLOGIES MAKE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE Appropriate Recycling of natural D. URBAN AND PERI-URBAN Industrialized Developing E. DEVELOPING LOCAL MARKETS AND INTERNATIONAL The Organic Food Household and community National International III. CONCLUSIONS AND A. CONTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE TO FOOD AVAILABILITY KEY B. CHALLENGES AND IV. CASE The Impact of Compost Use on Crop Yields in Tigray Pro-Huerta A National Experience in Organic The designations employed and the presentation of material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. OFS 2007 1 il ISSUES PAPER ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AVAILABILITY Christine Zundel and Lukas Kilcher Research Institute for Organic Agriculture FiBL Switzerland .