Organic versus Conventional Farming—A Paradigm for the Sustainable Development of the European Countries
| Autor: | Mihai Vuţă, Erika Marin, Silvia Elena Cristache, Sorin-Iulian Cioaca, Mariana Vuță |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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European level
production and consumption of agro-food products Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources conventional farming Agricultural science organic farming GE1-350 Agricultural productivity 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development sustainable development Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Intensive farming business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Crop rotation organic farming land Capital formation Environmental sciences sustainability of the agriculture Agriculture agricultural production 040103 agronomy & agriculture Organic farming 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 10 Issue 11 Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 4279 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su10114279 |
| Popis: | Although organic farming is an important topic for society, at the European level there have been few achievements so far. Despite its constant increase, the demand for organic food in Europe is outweighing the development of this sector. As such, we aim to assess the interaction between conventional and organic agriculture, as well as their impact on the value of agricultural production at the European level. The main objective of this article is the assessment of the impact of organic farming, as compared with conventional agriculture, on sustainable development of European countries. Therefore, we used panel models based on data collected from the Eurostat database. We found that an increase of 1% of the organic farming areas will generate a contraction in agricultural production of 0.278%, whereas a 1% increase in the production of fertilizers would generate an increase of 0.260% in agriculture production. Moreover, an increase of 1% in the production of plant protection substances and in gross capital formation would generate increases of 0.1190% and 0.0933%, respectively, in agriculture production. The obtained results depend mainly on the characteristics of work on land, as some agricultural engineering methods (crop rotation, pest control, use of fertilizers etc.) influence productivity and production. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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