Organic agriculture: A fountain of alternative innovations for social, economic, and environmental challenges of conventional agriculture in a developing country context

Prospects and threats for developing organic agriculture: The example of Azerbaijan

“…The leveling of this risk in developing organic agriculture is to introduce innovations: process, institutional, marketing, food, technological and financial. At the same time, the priority of introducing these innovations was not discussed, but the emphasis was placed on their compatibility (Canwat & Onakuse, 2022).…”

“…Understudy of developing organic agriculture, one can see a pronounced differentiation of scientific approaches in the experience of developed and developing economies (Mpanga et al, 2021;Lehtimäki & Virtanen, 2020;Verburg, Verberne & Negro, 2022;Canwat & Onakuse, 2022). Within the experience of developed countries, the development potential and destructive factors have been investigated regarding expanding developing organic agriculture.…”

“…Other scientists focused on emerging markets, where innovation is a priority for developing organic agriculture but challenging to implement due to the weak capacity of the industry (Canwat & Onakuse, 2022). In developing countries, organic agriculture is in its infancy (except China); most studies have been aimed at studying: the benefits of organic agriculture for the economy, its institutional framework, the possibilities of financing the technological basis of the industry (Canwat & Onakuse, 2022;Toth et al, 2016). Based on the experience of Kenya, Canwat and Onakuse (2022) proved that agricultural legislative reforms can serve as a driver for developing agriculture.…”

“…The low popularization of ecoproduction among farmers and the population seems to be one of the destructive factors of development. On the other hand, organic farming is impossible without introducing the latest technologies and a comprehensive scientific study of various aspects of the agricultural industry to achieve a balance between productivity and the state of the ecosystem (Canwat & Onakuse, 2022). Since, for example, the yield of organic crops is almost 25% lower than in traditional agriculture.…”

Biodynamic compost effects on soil parameters in a 27-year long-term field experiment

“…Farmyard manure (FYM) is one of the main tools used in organic agriculture to improve soil fertility [1] and to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) storage [2][3][4][5], which promotes climate change mitigation [6,7], erosion landslide reduction and livelihood benefits [8], while environmental quality (soil, water, and air) is enhanced [9]. This contrasts with the inorganic fertilization of conventional agriculture, where typically annual crops are featured, promoting their growth with synthetic fertilizers [10] and chemical pesticides [11], disturbing soil through tillage [12] and leaving the soil bare in no crop-growing periods. Thus, FYM application is an important alternative agricultural practice that also reduces other environmental burdens, such as biodiversity damage [13,14].…”