The Future We Want: Sustainable Development Goals Accomplishment with Organic Agriculture

Šeremešić, Srđan; Dolijanović, Željko; Tomaš-Simin, Mirela; Vojnov, Bojan; Trbić, Glavaš Trbić Glavaš

doi:10.35784/pe.2021.2.18

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“…Moreover, there are SDGs that are easier to achieve, so more money and resources are invested in them, which leaves some other SDGs neglected. Given the limitation for individual achievement of SDG goals, it is necessary to use different approaches, and there are diverse concepts and pathways that could result in SDGs implementation, such as sustainable intensification [17], climate-smart agriculture [18], agroecology [19], organic agriculture [20], eco-labels [21], agriculture 4.0 [22], carbon neutrality [23] and others, whose outcomes vary in dependence on a trade-off and synergies between agricultural productivity and environmental protection. Warinda et al [24] presented results for the developing countries of East Africa where innovation and technology adoption, and investments in agriculture, resulted in well-being outcomes.…”

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Articulating Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals: Serbia Case Study

Šeremešić,

Dolijanović,

Tomaš Simin

et al. 2024

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With the greening of agriculture, there is a need to better link the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and organic agriculture in developing countries. However, in Serbia, there is a huge gap between the potential of their implementation and the actual situation. This paper assessed the strengths and weaknesses of SDGs and organic agriculture in Serbia and how their relationship can contribute in the development of sustainable agriculture. Key data and indicators of the economic, agricultural and social development of Serbia from international and national databases, as well as recent publications related to the selected topic, were assesed. The results showed that the restricted development of organic agriculture in Serbia stems from the undeveloped awareness of consumers, slower acceptance of alternative agricultural systems and the volatility of mainstream conventional agricultural production. The integration of organic agriculture into the largest conceptual and strategic frameworks, such as the SDGs, can offer a true transformation of local food systems and could result in positive feedback to the environment and society. In the long term, the SDGs framework can help connect various dimensions of sustainable agriculture, stakeholders and policymakers. The future focus should be on how to create entry points for agricultural transformation based on certified organic methodologies and how to integrate agricultural heritage into the realisation of SDGs.

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Articulating Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals: Serbia Case Study

Šeremešić,

Dolijanović,

Tomaš Simin

et al. 2024

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“…Organic farming play's crucial role in every aspect of agriculture from environment conservation to providing nutritious and chemical-free food for public health, improving soil fertility and biodiversity, and being economically feasible for small and marginal farmers [9]. Further, organic farming also meets the criteria of sustainable development and helps tremendously in targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [10,11]. The optimistic scholars favour organic farming and will contribute significantly to food security.…”

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Does Organic Farming Ensure Food Security? An Analysis of Developing Countries

Avinash

Batra

2023

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Food insecurity is a major challenge in front of developing countries. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United States (FAO) [1] reported that 2 billion people face moderate or severe food insecurity, of which 1.02 billion are found in Asia, 674.5 million in Africa, and 205.3 million in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019. Inadequate food creates serious health issues among people, especially children worst affected by it. The situation further deteriorates in developing countries where poverty and population rates are high. The overconsumption of fertilizers in agriculture leads to environmental degradation and severe human illness. The unsustainability of the current agriculture model has raised many concerns about the future demand for food for an ever-growing population. The alternative method as suggested by many experts is Organic farming. The positive externalities attached to organic farming have enormous potential and it plays a very significant role in protecting the environment, providing safe food, and eventually sustainability. Further, linking the goal of food security with organic farming can help developing countries provide nutritious food and help in protecting the environment. The paper explores the situation of food insecurity worldwide and the current agriculture model performance and failure to achieve food security in many developing countries. The paper also analyses the role of organic farming to attain food security and elaborate on the limitations of organic farming to ensure food security and provides alternative models for improvement in current situations. For this purpose, study uses secondary data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for analysis of the food production in these two regions and reviews various research articles, FAO documents, and reports based on conventional and organic farming. The literature was accessed using Google Scholar, Institutions and Government Websites. The conventional farming put developing countries into the dilemma, to ensure food security for its population or protect environment, due to its unsustainability in long run. However, the current status of organic agriculture production is still meagre compared to conventional food production. The low yield in organic farming does not ensure the food security for the distant future but in long run organic farming can ensure the food security. The study recommended policy makers to formulate such policies which ensure sustainable food production without compromising food security in developing countries.

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“…Beauchesne and Bryanti [15] define organic agriculture as a social and technological alternative to conventional production, while Cifrić [16] believes that ecological (organic) agriculture is a social innovation and should be understood as giving up the dominance of the paradigm of industrial agriculture and the possibility of additional employment of labor on the family farm, settlement and society for the convenience of producing quality products on small areas, encouraging the development of "closed" production systems with greater use of natural energy and organic processes. Regardless of the differences in definition, most authors agree that organic agriculture can be defined as a system that is in harmony with the environment [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] and is profitable for the economy [14,[26][27][28][29][30][31] but respects the specific production characteristics of each economy [32,33].…”

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Organic Agriculture in Focus: Exploring Serbian Producers’ Views on the Common Agricultural Policy and the National Agrarian Policy

Tomaš Simin,

Milić,

Novaković

et al. 2024

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Organic agriculture represents an alternative system of agricultural production that is included in the so-called sustainable agricultural practices. Development strategies in almost all countries today highlight the problem of environmental degradation, which is partly caused by the application of agrotechnical measures used in conventional agriculture. Consequently, organic production is gaining more and more importance, affecting the trend of its development. Considering the status of the Republic of Serbia as a candidate country for the European Union, it is of particular importance to understand the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU and the position that organic producers and production have. The aim of this research was to analyze the attitudes of organic producers towards the CAP and the agrarian policy of the Republic of Serbia and their expectations following the Republic of Serbia’s entry into the EU. Statistical data processing involved descriptive statistical analysis followed by binary logistic regression. The results of the research showed that organic producers are not sufficiently familiar with the CAP, they believe that the agricultural policy of the Republic of Serbia is not favorable for organic producers and that their situation will not change significantly with entry into the EU, but that the position of organic production in the EU is better in comparison to that of the Republic of Serbia. In conclusion, the authors state that such attitudes and thoughts of organic producers are a limiting factor in the further development of organic agriculture and that it is necessary to work on them through continuous measures developed by competent ministries, local self-governments and advisory services.

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The Future We Want: Sustainable Development Goals Accomplishment with Organic Agriculture

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Articulating Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals: Serbia Case Study

Articulating Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals: Serbia Case Study

Does Organic Farming Ensure Food Security? An Analysis of Developing Countries

Organic Agriculture in Focus: Exploring Serbian Producers’ Views on the Common Agricultural Policy and the National Agrarian Policy

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