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Is Bhutan destined for 100% organic? Assessing the economy-wide effects of a large-scale conversion policy

Organic agriculture (OA) is considered a strategy to make agriculture more sustainable. Bhutan has embraced the ambitious goal of becoming the world’s first 100% organic nation. By analysing recent on-farm data in Bhutan, we found organic crop yields on average to be 24% lower than conventional yiel...

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Autores principales: Feuerbacher, Arndt, Luckmann, Jonas, Boysen, Ole, Zikeli, Sabine, Grethe, Harald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5999226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29897989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199025