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This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/organicagriculturefeedtheworld.php ======================================================== ISIS Press Release 06/09/07 Scientists Find Organic Agriculture Can Feed the World & More ********************************************* Comprehensive study gives the lie to claims that organic agriculture cannot feed the world because it gives low yields and there is insufficient organic fertilizer. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho Scientists refute common misconceptions about organic agriculture Two usual objections are levelled against the proposal that organic agriculture can feed the world. Organic agriculture, opponents claim, gives low yields, and there isn't enough organic fertilizer to boost yields substantially. A team of scientists led by Catherine Badgley at the University of Michgan Ann Arbor in the United States has now refuted those common misconceptions about organic agriculture. Organic agriculture gives yields roughly comparable to conventional agriculture in developed countries and much higher yields in developing countries; and more than enough nitrogen can be fixed in the soil by using green manure alone [1]. The research team compared yields of organic and conventional agriculture (including low-intensive food production) in 293 examples, and estimated the average yield ratio (organic versus non-organic) of different food categories for the developed and the developing world. With the average yield ratios, they modelled the global food supply that could be grown organically in the current agricultural land base. The results indicate that organic methods could produce enough food to sustain the current human population, and potentially an even larger population, without increasing the agricultural land base. Read the rest of this article here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/organicagriculturefeedtheworld.php or read other articles on sustainable and organic agriculture here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/susag.php ======================================================== This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/organicagriculturefeedtheworld.php If you like this original article from the Institute of Science in Society, and would like to continue receiving articles of this calibre, please consider making a donation or purchase on our website http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ISISappeal.php ISIS is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing critical public information on cutting edge science, and to promoting social accountability and ecological sustainability in science. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list unsubscribe at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/unsubscribe or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================== CONTACT DETAILS The Institute of Science in Society, PO Box 51885, London NW2 9DH telephone: [44 20 8452 2729] [44 20 7272 5636] For email details, see http://www.i-sis.org.uk/contact.php -- As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it. Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
