The book makes an evidence-based case for organic agriculture in developing countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia.

It argues that organic agriculture has contributed to several of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and that it also serves the broader objective of managing the environment in a sustainable way. The book states that organic agriculture has a significant scope to contribute to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The book compares data from organic and non-organic farms and looks at the economic dimensions of promoting organic agriculture and actual experiences in implementing it, looking at questions around costs, livelihoods and macroeconomic impacts.
The book then looks at evidence on some of the big environmental questions related to sustainable agriculture and finally considers some of the big issues in the debate surrounding agriculture, which touch on organic agriculture in developing countries. These include the environmental costs of shipping agricultural products over large distances, yield levels and a growing global population.

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