A5025480176- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Rural development and sustainability
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Agricultural economics and policies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Social Capital and Networks
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Global trade and economics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
2012-2023
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
2008-2017
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
2012-2015
Organic agriculture is proposed as a promising approach to achieving sustainable food systems, but its feasibility also contested. We use systems model that addresses agronomic characteristics of organic analyze the role could play in systems. Here we show 100% conversion needs more land than conventional reduces N-surplus and pesticide use. However, combination with reductions wastage food-competing feed from arable land, correspondingly reduced production consumption animal products, under...
Increasing efficiency in livestock production and reducing the share of animal products human consumption are two strategies to curb adverse environmental impacts sector. Here, we explore room for sustainable by modelling constraints a third strategy which feed components that compete with direct food crop reduced. Thus, outmost scenario, animals fed only from grassland by-products production. We show this could provide sufficient (equal amounts human-digestible energy similar...
Schader, C., J. Grenz, M. S. Meier, and Stolze. 2014. Scope precision of sustainability assessment approaches to food systems. Ecology Society 19(3): 42. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06866-190342
When trying to optimize the sustainability performance of farms and farming systems, a consideration trade-offs synergies between different themes dimensions is required. The aim this paper perform systematic analysis across all themes. To achieve we used Sustainability Monitoring Assessment Routine (SMART)-Farm Tool which operationalizes Food Agriculture Systems (SAFA) Guidelines by defining science-based indicator sets assessment procedures. It identifies degree goal achievement with...
Participatory guarantee systems (PGS) can provide guarantees to consumers while avoiding the entry barriers of third-party certification. This study investigates farmers' motivations for, and experiences outcomes from, participation in PGS. Interviews with 84 farmers from seven countries were analyzed light empowerment theory social process theory. The results suggest that PGS empower by basing their activities on long-lasting processes connection communities. Combining tradition bottom-up...
A growing number of people live in cities. Urban food systems and their impacts on ecosystems socio-economic conditions are becoming increasingly important. To address the challenge making urban more sustainable, a rising assessments have been published. Some used large quantitative datasets while others were descriptive nature and/or do not whole thematic spectrum sustainability. In this study, an indicator set was developed, which uses widely available data to all dimensions The indicators...
Abstract Demonstrated economic benefits of conversion to organic agriculture, combined with solutions technical and production-related problems, suggest that farmers in Switzerland should have converted large numbers production. However, the number farms has remained virtually constant last 10 yr, so it appears there are other factors influence decision whether or not convert. Several studies sought identify decisions by convert organic, but found a range appear be context dependent, while...
Increasing consumer awareness on sustainability issues has led to the growing adoption of voluntary standards in agriculture. This study assesses performance typical conventional and certified coffee production systems Brazil Ethiopia. We apply SMART-Farm Tool, which represents an operationalization SAFA framework FAO. Data collection was carried out through expert interviews uncertainties were estimated using Monte-Carlo simulations. A higher observed regarding product information (+37%)...
Eco-efficiency offers a promising approach for the sustainable intensification of production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is widely used eco-efficiency analyses, however sensitive to outliers and analysis influence external factors second stage requires separability assumption hold. Order-m estimators are proposed overcome those disadvantages, but have been rarely applied analysis. This paper assesses smallholder perennial cash crop Ghana Kenya. It...