?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+Organic+Farming+an+Unjustified+Luxury+in+a+World+with+too+many+hungry+People%3F&rft.creator=Halberg%2C+Niels&rft.creator=Peramaiyan%2C+Panneerselvam&rft.creator=Walaga%2C+Charles&rft.subject=+Food+security%2C+food+quality+and+human+health&rft.description=The+soaring+food+prices+on+the+global+markets+over+the+past+one+to+two+years+have+given+proponents+of+classical+Green+Revolution+thinking+an+opportunity+to+renew+their+claims+that+high+input+agriculture+based+on+chemical+fertilizer+and+pesticides+is+the+blanket+solution+for+poor+countries+and+farmers.+This+situation+has+also+led+others+to+question+whether+we+should+abandon+all+the+environmental+considerations+in+agricultural+policies+over+the+last+25+years%2C+and+relieve+the+regulatory+burden+on+agriculture%2C+and+put+food+production+in+full+throttle+like+in+the+good+old+days+in+the+1970s.++However%2C+as+always%2C+the+solutions+proposed+depend+on+the+perception+of+the+problem.+In+fact%2C+there+is+little+evidence+that+just+producing+more+food+in+the+North+will+help+solve+the+food+insecurity+in+the+South+in+a+sustainable+way.+Nor+is+it+evident+that+returning+to+subsi-dized+artificial+fertilizers+in+the+South+would+make+any+significant+contribution+to+addressing+the+food+insecurity+among+those+communities+of+the+South+that+are+currently+food+insecure.++&rft.publisher=FiBL+and+IFOAM&rft.contributor=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.contributor=Kilcher%2C+Lukas&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15572%2F1%2F15572.pdf&rft.identifier=Halberg%2C+Niels%3B+Peramaiyan%2C+Panneerselvam+and+Walaga%2C+Charles+(2009)+Is+Organic+Farming+an+Unjustified+Luxury+in+a+World+with+too+many+hungry+People%3F+In%3A+Willer%2C+Helga+and+Kilcher%2C+Lukas+(Eds.)+The+World+of+Organic+Agriculture.+Statistics+%26+Emerging+Trends+2009%2C+FiBL+and+IFOAM%2C+pp.+95-100.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15572%2F