Annex 4: Case study âOrganic Farmingâ - ITAS

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Gutachten im Auftrag des Instituts für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe STOA Project “Agricultural Technologies for Developing Countries” Case Studies Production System “Organic Farming” Bearbeiterin: Priv. Doz. Dr. Heide Hoffmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin, Dezember 2008 I
Table of Contents 1. Characteristics of the Production System 1 1.1. Definition 1 1.2 Principles and Key Elements 2 1.3 Key Technologies 4 1.4 Involved Knowledge (High-tech, standard agricultural, local/indigenes knowledge) 6 1.5 Key Actors 6 1.6 International Cooperation 7 1.7 Potentials for Sustainability 7 1.8 Key Restrictions/ Unused potentials 9 2. Current Relevance / Basic Data on Use 10 2.1. Globally 10 2.2. Area in Developing Countries 11 2.3. Main land use by Organic Farming/Important differentiations for global regions, major cultivation conditions and farming systems 13 3. Restricting framing conditions 17 3.1. Land rights, land ownership 17 3.2. Availability of markets, agricultural product prices 17 3.3. Political support 20 4. Technical potential for improvements – Case studies 22 4.1. Case studies from Africa 22 4.1.1 The Tassa Method – an example of rainfed production in the Sahel Zone 27 4.1.2 The Double-Digging Method – an example of additional income creation for small-scale farmers in Kenya 32 4.1.3 Export-oriented intensive organic production – an example from Egypt 35 4.2. Case studies from Asia 40 4.2.1 The Kootumundakan System - an example of mixed cropping in India: 44 4.2.2 The Rice - Duck Farming System – an example of integrated organic rice production in Southeast Asia 47 4.3. Case studies from Latin America 52 4.3.1 Export oriented organic coffee production – an example from Chiapas/Mexico 55 I
Page 1: ETAG European Technology Assessment
Page 5 and 6: Table of Figures Figure 1: Foundati
Page 7 and 8: 1. Characteristics of the Productio
Page 9 and 10: Principle of ecology Organic Agricu
Page 11 and 12: The tools and practices of Organic
Page 13 and 14: 1.6. International Cooperation The
Page 15 and 16: 1.8. Key Restrictions/ Unused poten
Page 17 and 18: Table 1 shows the organically manag
Page 19 and 20: Cropland other/no details 12% Perma
Page 21 and 22: Table 2: Global organic agricultura
Page 23 and 24: 3. Restricting framing conditions 3
Page 25 and 26: countries like Denmark, Sweden and
Page 27 and 28: to conventional production. The res
Page 29 and 30: - Poverty-reducing and environment
Page 31 and 32: products. Three countries have an o
Page 33 and 34: - Lack of up-to-date market informa
Page 35 and 36: agricultural production with organi
Page 37 and 38: the fertilizer demand. Kriegl repor
Page 39 and 40: Figure 9: The Double-Digging Method
Page 41 and 42: increase for farmers without means
Page 43 and 44: Example: The SEKEM - Farm The SEKEM
Page 45 and 46: - The agricultural sector of the Sa
Page 47 and 48: Avian flu, the Severe Acute Respira
Page 49 and 50: - Government price policies, monopo
Page 51 and 52: Kootumundakan is finally considered
Page 53 and 54:
- Usage of light traps. - The contr
Page 55 and 56:
- As result of the movement of the
Page 57 and 58:
Conclusion According to Zhang Jibin
Page 59 and 60:
the North east. 80 % of the organic
Page 61 and 62:
Potential for improvements / Techni
Page 63 and 64:
Table 4: Advantages and disadvantag
Page 65 and 66:
Table 5: Crops in a Chacra System i
Page 67 and 68:
erosion. A restricting framing cond
Page 69 and 70:
4.3.3 The Methods “Cultivos en re
Page 71 and 72:
In fact, Chancusig [1999] reports s
Page 73 and 74:
4.3.4 The Bio-intensive Method - an
Page 75 and 76:
production system is the horticultu
Page 77 and 78:
Latin America, one of the biodivers
Page 79 and 80:
4.4. Case studies from Central and
Page 81 and 82:
assurance of the cultivation system
Page 83 and 84:
Also within the agricultural polici
Page 85 and 86:
In this context the main risks for
Page 87 and 88:
constraints as well. The overarchin
Page 89 and 90:
- Even wageworkers that work on big
Page 91 and 92:
for poor and low-income groups (est
Page 93 and 94:
8. Literature ABELE S., DUBOIS, T.,
Page 95 and 96:
IFOAM (2003): Organic and Like-Mind
Page 97 and 98:
SAHOTA, A. (2008): The Global Marke
show all

Annex 4: Case study âOrganic Farmingâ - ITAS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?

Annex 4: Case study âOrganic Farmingâ - ITAS