?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+ability+of+organic+farming+to+nourish+the+Austrian+people%3A+an+empirical+study+in+the+region+Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen+(A)&rft.creator=Kratochvil%2C+R.&rft.creator=Kaltenecker%2C+M.&rft.creator=Freyer%2C+B.&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Food+security%2C+food+quality+and+human+health&rft.subject=Austria&rft.subject=+Biodiversity+and+ecosystem+services&rft.description=A+sustainable+agricultural+and+food+system+is+characterized+by+two+qualities%3A+availability+of+high-quality%2C+healthy+food+along+with+the+best+possible+preservation+of+natural+resources.+Organic+farming+is+discussed+as+a+solution+model+for+the+complementary+achievement+of+both+aims.+%0D%0ATaking+the+region+Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen+(A)+as+a+case+study%2C+the+present+investigation+examines+the+regional+self-reliance+in+food+production+by+means+of+three+scenarios.+In+the+basic+scenario%2C+the+current+land+use+of+the+region+is+set+against+the+present-day+food+demand+of+the+local+population.+The+organic+scenario+assumes+that+the+farming+method+of+the+region+adheres+100%25+to+the+guidelines+of+organic+farming.+The+food+produced+is+set+against+the+current+food+demand%2C+as+in+the+basic+scenario.+In+the+third+scenario%2C+the+organic-alternative+scenario%2C+the+100%25+organically+produced+food+is+set+against+a+food+demand+of+the+local+population+that+follows+the+recommendations+of+nutritional+science%2C+comprising+more+plant-based+diets.+%0D%0AThe+results+show+that+in+the+case+of+the+hypothetical+conversion+to+organic+farming%2C+food+production+decreases+in+absolute+numbers.+Despite+this+reduction%2C+the+local+population+can+be+sufficiently+supplied+with+food+energy%2C+both+in+the+case+of+the+average+Austrian+diet+as+well+as+in+a+diet+according+to+the+recommendations+of+nutritional+science.+The+number+of+people+that+can+be+supplied+outside+the+region+is+higher+in+the+nutritional+science+diet+than+in+the+average+Austrian+diet%2C+despite+the+lower+total+net+export+quantity.+While+egg%2C+meat+and+milk+production+are+up+to+six+times+the+local+demand%2C+the+degree+of+self-supply+of+plant+products+(especially+fruit+and+vegetables)+covers+only+two-thirds+of+the+demand+after+conversion.++Moreover%2C+our+calculations+show+how+a+change+of+consumption+patterns+affects+the+demand+for+imported+feedstuff.+The+region+changes+from+being+a+net+importer+of+concentrate+(76%2C190+t+fresh+mass)+at+the+starting+point+to+a+gross+exporter+(39%2C784+t+fresh+mass)+in+the+organic+and+the+organic-alternative+scenario.+In+summary%2C+agricultural+production+according+to+the+guidelines+of+organic+farming+and+a+diet+following+the+recommendations+of+nutritional+science+seems+a+promising+strategy+for+achieving+a+sustainable+agricultural+and+food+system.+&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4095%2F1%2FRK_RAFS_2004.pdf&rft.identifier=Kratochvil%2C+R.%3B+Kaltenecker%2C+M.+and+Freyer%2C+B.+(2004)+The+ability+of+organic+farming+to+nourish+the+Austrian+people%3A+an+empirical+study+in+the+region+Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen+(A).+Renewable+Agriculture+and+Food+Systems%2C+pp.+47-56.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4095%2F