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| Röös, E.; Mie, A.; Wivstad, Maria; Salomon, E.; Johansson, B.; Gunnarsson, Stefan; Wallenbeck, Anna; Hoffman, Ruben; Nilsson, Ulf; Sundberg, C.; Watson, Christine A. |
| Current organic agriculture performs well in several sustainability domains, like animal welfare, farm profitability and low pesticide use, but yields are commonly lower than in conventional farming. There is now a re-vitalized interest in increasing yields in organic agriculture to provide more organic food for a growing, more affluent population and reduce negative impacts per unit produced. However, past yield increases have been accompanied by several negative side-effects. Here, we review risks and opportunities related to a broad range of sustainability domains associated with increasing yields in organic agriculture in the Northern European context. We identify increased N input, weed, disease and pest control, improved livestock feeding, breeding... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Animal husbandry; Crop husbandry; Food systems; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/35150/1/Ro%CC%88o%CC%88s2018_Article_RisksAndOpportunitiesOfIncreas.pdf |
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| Lawson, A.; Sundberg, C.; Bowen, D.; Koritzke, L.. |
| Organic is not the only initiative with the aim of improving sustainability in agriculture. There is a wide array of approaches, perspectives, priorities and levels of ambition. Certain initiatives are seen as complimentary to Organic Agriculture and use it as a basis. Others are viewed as followers, competitors or – due to lower sustainability requirements – even as "greenwashers". As not all assessments of standards and impacts recognize a leading position for Organic farming, there is room for improvement. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28092/1/28092.pdf |
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| Wivstad, M.; Fredriksson, P.; Gunnarsson, S.; Hoffman, R.; Johansson, B.; Mie, A.; Nilsson, U.; Röös, E.; Salomon, E.; Sundberg, C.; Ullvén, K.; Wallenbeck, A.. |
| Organic farming is known to be a knowledge intensive production system and there is a strong need for new knowledge and innovations to achieve increased sustainability. Furthermore, many of the research goals defined in national and international research strategies for organic agriculture are addressing questions relating to the development of more sustainable food and farming systems in general. Organic systems can thus be seen as a fore-runner and an innovation system to sustainable food and farming (TP Organics, 2009; EPOK, 2013). |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Systems research and participatory research; Research communication and quality. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24565/1/24565.pdf |
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| Sundberg, C.; Kimming, M.; Nordberg, Å.; Baky, A.; Hansson, P.-A.. |
| Organic agriculture is dependent on fossil fuels, just like conventional agriculture, but this can be reduced by the use of on-farm biomass resources. The energy efficiency and environmental impacts of different alternatives can be assessed by life cycle assessment (LCA), which we have done in this project. Swedish organic milk production can become self-sufficient in energy by using renewable sources available on the farm, with biogas from manure as the main energy source. Thereby greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the production system can be reduced, both by substituting fossil fuels and by reducing methane emissions from manure. The arable organic farm studied in the project could be self-sufficient in energy by using the residues available in the... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Recycling; Balancing and resource management Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24559/1/24559.pdf |
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| Sundberg, C.; Röös, E.; Salomon, E.; Wivstad, M.. |
| The EU countries aim to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 80-95% by 2050 (European Commission, 2011). The food sector accounts today for 25% of Swedish greenhouse gas emissions, most of which arise in agricultural production, so there is a need for radical reduction of GHG emissions in this sector. For organic farming in Sweden, this implies that it is time to move beyond the discussion on whether organic products have a lower or higher life-cycle climate impact than conventional products (Cederberg et al 2011). Instead, the interesting question is: What can and should be done to drastically reduce the climate impact of organic agriculture? The science-based response to that question is relevant for Swedish agriculture as a whole.... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Air and water emissions; Farm nutrient management. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24516/1/24516.pdf |
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