Title: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems

Description: These proceedings document the results of the congress ‘Improving Stustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems’ held March 20 - 23, 2007, organized by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim. This congress was the 3rd in a series organized as part of the EU funded Integrated Project ‘Quality Low Input Food’ QLIF.
It was convened in parallel with the 9th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in German-speaking countries, entitled ‘Between tradition and globalization’, hosted by the University of Hohenheim.
The QLIF project aims to improve quality, ensure safety and reduce cost along the organic and low input food supply chains through research, dissemination and training activities. Its subprojects cover all aspects of organic and low input food and farming: Consumer studies, quality, crop & livestock production, processing and supply chains, environmental and socioeconomic aspects.

Author(s): Urs Niggli, Carlo Leifert, Thomas Alföldi, Lorna Lück & Helga Willer

Publisher/Editor: FiBL

Right Properties/Copyright: ©FiBL

Year: 2007

Number of Pages: 462

Language: English

Format: Free PDF