Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals: Discussion Paper

This paper reviews the existing literature on organic agriculture and its linkages to poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The paper finds that organic agriculture is pro-poor: it potentially addresses multi-policy objectives that go beyond reducing income poverty, to include the achievement of various MDGs. However, the magnitude of the impact would differ across MDGs.

The paper concludes by identifying key gaps in the knowledge base and it proposes a research agenda for policy formulation to support organic agriculture.

The paper was originally presented at the 2nd workshop on Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals, held in Bangkok, 27-29 July 2006. ADBI has now published this as an online Discussion Paper with minor alterations.

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1. Anthony Zola
   (posted 06 October 2006 / 10:00:45 AM)
   
   Aspects of this paper are based upon a recent international workshop in Bangkok. The workshop was excellent and the proceedings already make an important contribution to the existing literature. This document reflects only one aspect of the discussion, albeit a very important aspect, that of meeting the MDGs and how organic agriculture can contribute to that process.