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The Sustainability Of Agri-Food Systems: Is Organic Production Part Of The Solution?

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  • Maria Laura Ojeda
  • Exequiel Romero-Gomez
  • Luca Salvatici
  • Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro

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Satisfying the increasing food demand while supporting the sustainability of agri-food systems in the face of climate change is seen as a major global challenge in the future. This study investigates how environmental policies, such as higher organic production targets, might affect the sustainability of agri-food systems. By using simulations from the Simplified International Model of Agricultural Prices, Land Use, and Environment (SIMPLE) model, extended for the first time to distinguish organic from conventional production, we project socio-economic and emission outcomes in response to the 25% of organic farmland by 2030 fixed by the European Union Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy in Italy. Overall, results indicate that even though the F2F strategy in Italy is projected to increase crop production and reduce Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, it will also raise crop prices, slightly increase land use, and intensify non-land input demands under conventional agriculture. The findings underscore the need for complementary policies and coordinated action plans to balance economic, social, and environmental sustainability.

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  • Maria Laura Ojeda & Exequiel Romero-Gomez & Luca Salvatici & Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro, 2025. "The Sustainability Of Agri-Food Systems: Is Organic Production Part Of The Solution?," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' 0287, Department of Economics - University Roma Tre.
    • Handle: RePEc:rtr:wpaper:0287
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    Keywords

    organic transition; organic farming; agriculture; SIMPLE model; Italy;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development

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