Get the answer: Are Organic Products Profitable? It is clear that in many cases organic products sell in consumer markets for a higher value, but it is less clear the extent to which farmers share in this benefit. In some cases (Maharashtra, Karnataka) where a beneficent NGO intercedes on behalf of the producers, they tend to receive a reasonable share [...]
Although a few farm groups or communities converted their entire production to organic (i.e. Jianxi, China and Maharashtra, India), the majority did not. Some farmers took a cautious approach and converted one product or field first. The comparison between farms in marginal conditions and those in comparatively better conditions illustrate some of the differences in farmers' willingness to undertake a [...]
“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. A nation is considered food secure when a sufficient, stable and safe supply of food is available to satisfy basic needs and market demand; this does [...]