Introduction factsheet (pdf)

Sources and further reading:

Schnug, E. et al. (2006), Organic farming - stewardship for food security, food quality, environment and nature conservation, in Atkinson, C. and Younie, D. (Eds.), What will organic farming deliver?, AAB Office, Warwick, UK, pp. 57-62 (proceedings of a three-day conference held by the Association of Applied Biologists at Herriot-Watt University, September 2006). [Book]

Stolze, M. et al. (2000), The environmental impacts of organic farming in Europe, vol. 6 of book series, Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy.  (Stuttgart-Hohenheim) [Book]

The most extensive public-access online database of scientific publications on organic agriculture is Organic Eprints: www.orgprints.org.

Please also see the IFOAM website for detailed scientific information addressing common misgivings about organic agriculture:

http://www.ifoam.org/growing_organic/1_arguments_for_oa/criticisms_misconceptions/misconceptions_index.html