Concept Paper
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Towards Sustainable Organic Farming Systems
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: Received: 17 November 2020 / Approved: 18 November 2020 / Online: 18 November 2020 (12:39:42 CET)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
El Chami, D. Towards Sustainable Organic Farming Systems. Sustainability, 2020, 12, 9832. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12239832. El Chami, D. Towards Sustainable Organic Farming Systems. Sustainability, 2020, 12, 9832. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12239832.
Abstract
The European Union green deal has proposed the “organic farming action plan” to render this farming system more sustainable for climate mitigation and adaptation and to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). While this policy instrument is fundamental to reach sustainable agriculture, there is still no agreement on what sustainable agriculture is and how to measure it. This opinion paper proposes an ecosystem-based framework on the crop life-cycle to determine the balance between economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainability to support decision-making.
Keywords
Organic Farming; Sustainable Agriculture; Ecosystem Services; Life Cycle Assessment; EU Green Deal
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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