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What is the contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable development?

A synthesis of twelve years (2007–2019) of the “long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom)"

In 2021, the SysCom team published a first report (download) that provided a comprehensive synthesis of the scientific findings of SysCom and presented it in a form that is easy to understand for an ‘educated non-expert’ audience. The findings address the differences between alternative (organic and agroforestry) and conventional production systems in terms of:

  • Productivity: yields of main and by-crops
  • Profitability: gross margins and return on (economic and labour) investment
  • Soil fertility and quality: nutrient availability, soil organic carbon, and other soil physico-chemical properties
  • Other indicators: pesticide residues and nutrient content, biodiversity, resource use efficiency and agroecosystem resilience

The conclusions drawn from the results and subsequent recommendations for policy stakeholders, you can find here:

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