Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures: Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Organic Food and Farming as a Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Soil Phosphorus Management in Organic Cropping Systems: From Current Practices to Avenues for a More Efficient Use of P Resources....Pages 23-45
Eco-functional Intensification by Cereal-Grain Legume Intercropping in Organic Farming Systems for Increased Yields, Reduced Weeds and Improved Grain Protein Concentration....Pages 47-63
Regulatory Framework for Plant Protection in Organic Farming....Pages 65-82
Conservation Biocontrol: Principles and Implementation in Organic Farming....Pages 83-105
Agroecological Crop Protection in Organic Farming: Relevance and Limits....Pages 107-130
Adapting Apple Ideotypes to Low-Input Fruit Production Agro-Ecosystems....Pages 131-148
Alternatives to Synthetic Chemical Antiparasitic Drugs in Organic Livestock Farming in Europe....Pages 149-169
Animal Healthcare Strategies in Organic and Conventional Farming....Pages 171-179
Optimisation of Breeding Systems and Land Use to Maximise Feed Self-Sufficiency and Economic Outcomes in Organic Sheep-for-Meat Production....Pages 181-200
Experiencing Organic Mixed Crop Dairy Systems: A Step-by-Step Design Centred on a Long-term Experiment....Pages 201-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Using Life Cycle Analysis to Analyse the Environmental Performances of Organic and Non-organic Apple Orchards....Pages 221-238
The Potential of Organic Agriculture to Mitigate the Influence of Agriculture on Global Warming—A Review....Pages 239-259
The Freedoms and Capabilities of Farm Animals: How Can Organic Husbandry Fulfill Them?....Pages 261-278
Breaking with the Animal Production Paradigm: A Major Issue for Organic Husbandry....Pages 279-293
Food Quality and Possible Positive Health Effects of Organic Products....Pages 295-312
Advances, Issues and Challenges in Organic Lamb Meat Quality....Pages 313-324
Is Organic Farming Unsustainable? Analysis of the Debate About the Conventionalisation of the Organic Label....Pages 325-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Framing the Social, Ecological and Economic Goods and Services Derived from Organic Agriculture in the Canadian Context....Pages 347-365
Does the Seed Sector Offer Meet the Needs of Organic Cropping Diversity? Challenges for Organic Crop Varieties....Pages 367-382
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Seeds for Organic Agriculture: Development of Participatory Plant Breeding and Farmers’ Networks in France....Pages 383-400
Considerations for Enabling the Ecological Redesign of Organic and Conventional Agriculture: A Social Ecology and Psychosocial Perspective....Pages 401-422
Transitions Towards Organic Farming at the Farm and at the Local Scales: The Role of Innovative Production and Organisational Modes and Networks....Pages 423-438
Contributing to a Transition to Sustainability of Agri-Food Systems: Potentials and Pitfalls for Organic Farming....Pages 439-452
Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment of Regional Conversion to Organic Farming (OF)....Pages 453-478
Back Matter....Pages 479-489