The future of organic agriculture: Otopia or oblivion?
The area of land devoted to organic agriculture has tripled from 10.6 million to 32.2 million hectares over the past decade. The stated goal of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the conversion of world agriculture to organic practices. However, a state of Otopi...
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Biological Farmers of Australia
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| description | The area of land devoted to organic agriculture has tripled from 10.6 million to 32.2 million hectares over the past decade. The stated goal of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the conversion of world agriculture to organic practices. However, a state of Otopia, an organic Utopia of 100% organic food and organic agriculture, is far from reality, with organics currently accounting for 0.8% of world agricultural land. The growth trajectory of organic agriculture of the past decade is presented, and then extrapolated under two future scenarios. If the current trend persists, under a scenario of geometric growth, Otopia could be achieved in 39 years, whereas under a scenario of arithmetic growth, Otopia would take 544 years to be achieved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:88e294e1-565c-491f-8294-2bec6fdd237a2022-03-26T22:20:40ZThe future of organic agriculture: Otopia or oblivion?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:88e294e1-565c-491f-8294-2bec6fdd237aEnvironmentTechnologies of politics and ecologyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetBiological Farmers of Australia2011Paull, JThe area of land devoted to organic agriculture has tripled from 10.6 million to 32.2 million hectares over the past decade. The stated goal of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the conversion of world agriculture to organic practices. However, a state of Otopia, an organic Utopia of 100% organic food and organic agriculture, is far from reality, with organics currently accounting for 0.8% of world agricultural land. The growth trajectory of organic agriculture of the past decade is presented, and then extrapolated under two future scenarios. If the current trend persists, under a scenario of geometric growth, Otopia could be achieved in 39 years, whereas under a scenario of arithmetic growth, Otopia would take 544 years to be achieved. |
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| title | The future of organic agriculture: Otopia or oblivion? |
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