Organic agriculture as an adaptation strategy to climate change and variability is a concrete and promising option for adaptation in rural communities. Organic agriculture has additional potential as a mitigation strategy. This text is a short review article on this topic. Adaptation and mitigation based on organic agriculture can build on well-established practice, as organic agriculture is a sustainable livelihood strategy with decades of experience in several climate zones and under a wide range of specific local conditions. The financial requirements of organic agriculture as an adaptation or mitigation strategy are low. Further research is needed on yields in organic agriculture and its mitigation and sequestration potential. Other key critical points are information provision and institutional structures such as market access.
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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number
343.
Length: 12 pages Date of creation: 20 Jan 2009 Date of revision:
01 Feb 2009 Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0343
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