Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production
AbstractA growing number of farmers’ cooperatives cultivate crops without chemical pesticides, but also without organic certification. How does this intermediate form of agriculture between conventional and organic production function? What are the outcomes of this production form on cropland biodiv...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
|
| Series: | Cogent Food & Agriculture |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2202892 |
| _version_ | 1797435599761702912 |
|---|---|
| author | Marcus A. Koch Jale Tosun Laura Kellermann Charlene Marek Markus Kiefer Mike Thiv |
| author_facet | Marcus A. Koch Jale Tosun Laura Kellermann Charlene Marek Markus Kiefer Mike Thiv |
| author_sort | Marcus A. Koch |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | AbstractA growing number of farmers’ cooperatives cultivate crops without chemical pesticides, but also without organic certification. How does this intermediate form of agriculture between conventional and organic production function? What are the outcomes of this production form on cropland biodiversity? How does this model contribute to the transition toward more sustainable forms of agriculture? We address these research questions using the original data collected in the AgroBioDiv project from the farmers’ cooperative “KraichgauKorn” based in the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. This cooperative is a collection of conventional farmers, who refrain from pesticide use during the growing seasons for KraichgauKorn cereal grains. Our study finds higher levels of weed species biodiversity on KGK cereal fields compared to conventional fields, but lower levels of biodiversity than on organic fields. In addition, more endangered wild species monitored by the State of Baden-Württemberg were found on KGK fields than conventional fields, with organic fields exhibiting the highest presence of endangered flora. We conclude that such kinds of enterprises may indeed contribute substantially to a successful transformation towards sustainable agricultural systems. [Figure: see text] |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T10:49:45Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7c058e5a52c64ca09f7e5eaef6c2ac98 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2331-1932 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T10:49:45Z |
| publishDate | 2023-12-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cogent Food & Agriculture |
| spelling | doaj.art-7c058e5a52c64ca09f7e5eaef6c2ac982023-12-01T08:31:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322023-12-019110.1080/23311932.2023.2202892Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural productionMarcus A. Koch0Jale Tosun1Laura Kellermann2Charlene Marek3Markus Kiefer4Mike Thiv5Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyInstitute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyCentre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyInstitute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyCentre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyBotany Department, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GermanyAbstractA growing number of farmers’ cooperatives cultivate crops without chemical pesticides, but also without organic certification. How does this intermediate form of agriculture between conventional and organic production function? What are the outcomes of this production form on cropland biodiversity? How does this model contribute to the transition toward more sustainable forms of agriculture? We address these research questions using the original data collected in the AgroBioDiv project from the farmers’ cooperative “KraichgauKorn” based in the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. This cooperative is a collection of conventional farmers, who refrain from pesticide use during the growing seasons for KraichgauKorn cereal grains. Our study finds higher levels of weed species biodiversity on KGK cereal fields compared to conventional fields, but lower levels of biodiversity than on organic fields. In addition, more endangered wild species monitored by the State of Baden-Württemberg were found on KGK fields than conventional fields, with organic fields exhibiting the highest presence of endangered flora. We conclude that such kinds of enterprises may indeed contribute substantially to a successful transformation towards sustainable agricultural systems. [Figure: see text]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2202892biodiversitycertificationcooperativespesticidesproduction cycle |
| spellingShingle | Marcus A. Koch Jale Tosun Laura Kellermann Charlene Marek Markus Kiefer Mike Thiv Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production Cogent Food & Agriculture biodiversity certification cooperatives pesticides production cycle |
| title | Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| title_full | Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| title_fullStr | Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| title_short | Reducing pesticides without organic certification? Potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| title_sort | reducing pesticides without organic certification potentials and limits of an intermediate form of agricultural production |
| topic | biodiversity certification cooperatives pesticides production cycle |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2202892 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT marcusakoch reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction AT jaletosun reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction AT laurakellermann reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction AT charlenemarek reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction AT markuskiefer reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction AT mikethiv reducingpesticideswithoutorganiccertificationpotentialsandlimitsofanintermediateformofagriculturalproduction |