Factors Influencing Organic Agriculture Policies with a Focus on Developing Countries
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There are, however, other concerns that determine choices towards organic management. Conversion to organic agricultural systems are triggered by different objectives, such as: securing a place on international markets, export promotion, economic self-reliance, finding alternatives to decreased access to agricultural inputs, natural resource conservation, food self-sufficiency, and rural and wider social development.
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Organic Agriculture and Undernourishment in Developing Countries: Main Potentials and Challenges. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 53(9): 917-928. Organic Agriculture and Undernourishment in Developing Countries: Main Potentials and Challenges
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