Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand?
This paper examines how organic pork (OP) production, marketing and consumption in Thailand contributes to global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that affect food agri-food system sustainability. The paper discusses technical debates and academic literature sources about OP, socioeconomic and e...
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| description | This paper examines how organic pork (OP) production, marketing and consumption in Thailand contributes to global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that affect food agri-food system sustainability. The paper discusses technical debates and academic literature sources about OP, socioeconomic and environmental impacts of organic agriculture (OA), food security and SDGs. It reflects on theoretical, practical, policy and empirical issues utilizing Thai case study data on willingness to pay (WTP) for OP to illustrate SDG linkages. The study raises broader questions, complications and contradictions about universal access to safe, healthy and affordable organic food. It suggests that WTP as a niche strategy supporting OP producers has responded to consumer demand and has potential for increased farmer incomes. But WTP for OP is an inadequate, problematic priority if it does not better address ecological, social and economic sustainability concerns, cross-cutting SDGs and national policies including inequities among richer and poorer consumers and farmers. It shows how OP may modestly contribute to SDG2 achievement or help realize other interlinked SDGs in Thailand but can also hinder some SDGs. We conclude that the OA movement and governments must better address difficult challenges affecting livestock systems sustainability, meat production, consumption, value chains and socioeconomic equity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4dccd37c3db4444d80cb8ed2c4515c482023-11-19T09:07:46ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722023-09-01139182210.3390/agriculture13091822Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand?Supawan Visetnoi0Wayne Nelles1School of Agricultural Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandSchool of Agricultural Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandThis paper examines how organic pork (OP) production, marketing and consumption in Thailand contributes to global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that affect food agri-food system sustainability. The paper discusses technical debates and academic literature sources about OP, socioeconomic and environmental impacts of organic agriculture (OA), food security and SDGs. It reflects on theoretical, practical, policy and empirical issues utilizing Thai case study data on willingness to pay (WTP) for OP to illustrate SDG linkages. The study raises broader questions, complications and contradictions about universal access to safe, healthy and affordable organic food. It suggests that WTP as a niche strategy supporting OP producers has responded to consumer demand and has potential for increased farmer incomes. But WTP for OP is an inadequate, problematic priority if it does not better address ecological, social and economic sustainability concerns, cross-cutting SDGs and national policies including inequities among richer and poorer consumers and farmers. It shows how OP may modestly contribute to SDG2 achievement or help realize other interlinked SDGs in Thailand but can also hinder some SDGs. We conclude that the OA movement and governments must better address difficult challenges affecting livestock systems sustainability, meat production, consumption, value chains and socioeconomic equity.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/9/1822organic porkfood securitywillingness to paySustainable Development Goalssustainable livestock systemssustainable production and consumption |
| spellingShingle | Supawan Visetnoi Wayne Nelles Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? Agriculture organic pork food security willingness to pay Sustainable Development Goals sustainable livestock systems sustainable production and consumption |
| title | Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? |
| title_full | Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? |
| title_fullStr | Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? |
| title_short | Can Organic Pork Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand? |
| title_sort | can organic pork help achieve sustainable development goals in thailand |
| topic | organic pork food security willingness to pay Sustainable Development Goals sustainable livestock systems sustainable production and consumption |
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