Paull, John (2011) The Future of Organic Agriculture: Otopia or Oblivion? Australian Certified Organic Magazine, 1 January 2011, 2011 (Autumn), pp. 22-24.
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Organic agriculture could feed the world, but will it? A state of Otopia, an organic Utopia of 100% organic food and organic agriculture, is a dream, or is it a pipe-dream? And if a dream, then when might it manifest? Two scenarios are presented, extrapolating from the rate of growth of the organics sector achieved over the past decade. Under a geometric rate of growth, Otopia could be achieved in 39 years, whereas under an arithmetic rate of growth, Otopia would take 544 years to be achieved.
| EPrint Type: | Newspaper or magazine article |
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| Subjects: | "Organics" in general Farming Systems Food systems Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy Knowledge management |
| Research affiliation: | UK UK > Univ. Oxford |
| Deposited By: | Paull, Dr John |
| ID Code: | 18898 |
| Deposited On: | 26 Jun 2011 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2011 11:08 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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