Profitability on ecological organic farms in the Tropics - Major factors to achieve good profits

This factsheet introduces the ways in which organic farmers can be profitable, and highlights some of the major factors from the experiences of the research related to profitability, namely: labour, organic inputs, best practices and market access. The information is based on long-term experiments and on-farm research conducted in the scope of three projects across different countries in Africa, as well as Bolivia and India.
The products are intended for use by African farmers, advisors, teachers and students.

Performance economica dell'agricoltura biologica: migliora con le rotazioni, ma non per lavorazioni ridotte del terreno

Crescono gli studi che dimostrano che l'agricoltura biologica è più redditizia di quella convenzionale, e ciò è in gran parte attribuito ai prezzi più elevati pagati per il biologico. Ma un recente studio pubblicato su Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems fa un passo avanti per dimostrare che la redditività è assicurata quando per le colture biologiche vengono utilizzate pratiche che migliorano le rese, come la diversificazione delle rotazioni delle colture.

Economic analysis of organic cropping systems under different tillage intensities and crop rotations

The study is published in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems/Cambridge University Press. Costs of production and organic price premiums are defining factors influencing the economic viability of organic crop production systems. Different agronomic practices, such as crop rotation and tillage intensity, are known to affect the economic performance of the production systems.