EU eyes increased role for organic farming

Organic agriculture bears a high potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Future food supply in times of climate change and increasing energy prices will depend on efficient resource use. Sustainable food security requires changes in food consumption patterns.

These were the main conclusions of the lively debate between panel and auditorium on the Organic Day in the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Environment on 20 April 2010.

• Primary Source

Brian Gardner: Blog, 28.4.10: Can organics feed the world (via Blogactiv.eu) http://briangardner.blogactiv.eu/2010/04/28/can-organics-feed-the-world/?utm_source=EurActiv+Newsletter&utm_campaign=91e09717af-Bmail&utm_medium=email

IFOAM-EU Group: Press Release, 20.4.10: The potential of organic agriculture for climate change mitigation http://www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/around_world/eu_group-new/news/pdf/100420-Organicday-1.pdf

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements http://www.ifoam.org/

IFOAM-EU Group: The Contribution of Organic Agriculture to Climate Change Mitigation, 2009 http://www.ifoam.org/growing_organic/1_arguments_for_oa/environmental_benefits/pdfs/IFOAM-CC-Mitigation-Web.pdf

IFOAM-EU Group: Organic Agriculture - a Guide to Climate Change & Food Security, 2009 http://www.ifoam.org/growing_organic/1_arguments_for_oa/environmental_benefits/pdfs/IFOAM-CC-Guide-Web-20100210.pdf

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