Organic farming : an international history /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Organic farming > History.; Organic farming > Societies, etc.; Agricultural Economics.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Agricultural policy.; Markets.; Organic farming.; Electronic books.
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This book discusses organic farming with regards to the origins and principles, policies and markets, organizations and institutions, and future concepts.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba
• What explains the rise of organic farming? / W. Lockeretz
• The origins of organic farming / G. Vogt
• Organic values / M. Sligh and T. Cierpka
• The science of organic farming / D.H. Stinner
• The evolution of organic practice / U. Niggli
• The development of governmental support for organic farming in Europe / S. Padel and N. Lampkin
• The organic market / J. Aschemann, U. Hamm, S. Naspetti and R. Zanoli
• Development of standards for organic farming / O. Schmid
• IFOAM and the history of the international organic movement / B. Geier
• The Soil Association / P. Conford and P. Holden
• Ecological Farmers Association and the success of Swedish organic agriculture / I. Källander
• MAPO and the Argentinian organic movement / D. Foguelman
• NASAA and organic agriculture in Australia / E. Wynen and S. Fritz
• FiBL and organic research in Switzerland / U. Niggli
• The Organic Trade Association / K. DiMatteo and G. Gershuny
• A look towards the future / B. Geier, I. Källander, N. Lampkin, S. Padel, M. Sligh, U. Niggli, G. Vogt and W. Lockeretz.