Economic Performance and Energy Intensiveness on Organic and Conventional Farms in the Corn Belt: A Preliminary Comparison

Autor:	Daniel H. O'Leary, Barry Commoner, Sarah Fast, William Lockeretz, Roger Blobaum, Michael Gertler, Robert Klepper
Rok vydání:	1977
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics business.industry Biomass Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Agricultural economics Energy accounting Renewable energy Agriculture Organic farming Production (economics) Environmental science Agricultural productivity business Energy source
Zdroj:	American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 59:1-12
ISSN:	1467-8276 0002-9092
DOI:	10.2307/1239604
Popis:	Recent energy and environmental problems in U.S. agriculture have stimulated interest in alternative technologies or systems of agricultural production. Large-scale, mechanized organic farms that use little or no inorganic fertilizers or chemical pesticides may be one such alternative. The crop production on fourteen matched pairs of organic and conventional Corn Belt farms was studied to determine the relative value of crop output, net returns, energy intensiveness, and labor requirements. The results of this preliminary study suggest that organic farming warrants more intensive research.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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