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| Oelofse, Myles; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Abreu, Lucimar Santiago de; Almeida, Gustavo Fonseca de; El-Araby, Ahmed; Hui, Qiao Yu; Sultan, Tursinbek; de Neergaard, Andreas. |
| Certified organic agriculture stipulates a range of principles and standards, which govern farmer practices. The recent global expansion of organic agriculture has raised new challenges for organic agriculture, particularly whether management practices in organic farms are subject to the forces of conventionalisation. We studied changes in agroecological practices in certified organic farms in China,Brazil and Egypt. The study takes departure in the conventionalisation hypothesis and the analysis is framed using organic and agroecological principles. The study focuses on agroecological design principles, inherent to organic agriculture, of diversity in crop production, pest, disease and weed management, and soil fertility management. The research design... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Systems research and participatory research; Food systems; Policy environments and social economy; Research methodology and philosophy; Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23292/7/23292.pdf |
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| Oelofse, Myles; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Abreu, L.S.; Almeida, Gustavo Fonseca de; Hui, Qiao Yu; Sultan, Tursinbek; de Neergaard, Andreas. |
| Based on three case studies in China and Brazil, this paper explores the terms of access for farmers' participation in certified organic agriculture (OA) and investigates the influence of adoption on productivity, nutrient budgets, income and labour use. Small-scale farmers converting to OA require substantial external production-related, marketing and certification support. Access to OA was strongly dependent upon the type of support available to farmers. Organization based on a contract-farming model resulted in OA only being an option available to a narrow group of farmers, whilst OA initiated by a farmer cooperative provided better access. Gross output was significantly higher for oranges, whilst for the other crops gross output was similar. However,... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Quality and evaluation of inputs. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/18301/1/Oelofse_et_al_Ecological_Economics_2010_In_press.pdf |
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| Oelofse, Myles; Hegh-Jensen, Henning; Abreu, Lucimar Santiago de; Almeida, Gustavo F.; El-Araby, Ahmed; Yu Hui, Qiao; Sultan, Tursinbek; Neergaard, Andreas de. |
| Certified organic agriculture stipulates a range of principles and standards, which govern farmer practices. The recent global expansion of organic agriculture has raised new challenges for organic agriculture, particularly whether management practices in organic farms are subject to the forces of conventionalisation. We studied changes in agroecological practices in certified organic farms in China, Brazil and Egypt. The study takes departure in the conventionalisation hypothesis and the analysis is framed using organic and agroecological principles. The study focuses on agroecological design principles, inherent to organic agriculture, of diversity in crop production, pest, disease and weed management, and soil fertility management. The research design... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22760/1/Organic%20farm%20%20conventionalissation%20and%20farmer%20pratices%20in%20China%2C%20Brasil%20and%20Egypt.pdf |
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