Løes, Anne-Kristin and Adler, Steffen A. (2019) Increased utilisation of renewable resources: dilemmas for organic agriculture. Organic Agriculture, 9, pp. 459-469.
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Summary
Minimising outputs of waste and pollution by recycling and efficient utilisation of renewable resources is of common interest for organic agriculture and the concepts of circular and bioeconomy. However, in practice, many efforts to increase recycling of various biological materials in organic agriculture are hampered because standards for certified organic production and processing tend to prefer natural products while avoiding processing and especially chemical processes. This creates several dilemmas and weakens the position of organic agriculture as a spear head in the development of a better resource utilisation which will reduce environmental impacts from food production. Based on practical examples derived from projects aimed at better utilisation of residual materials in various food chains, this paper presents some of these dilemmas. Our aim is to initiate a discussion among organic agriculture stakeholders about the regulations for organic production, how they restrict recycling and a better utilisation of valuable resources, and how this can be overcome.
EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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Keywords: | natural substance,innovative food and feed products, Processing, recycled fertilisers, regulations, OrganicPLUS |
Subjects: | Values, standards and certification > Evaluation of inputs Values, standards and certification > Regulation |
Research affiliation: | Norway > NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research Norway > NORSØK - Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture |
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 774340 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13165-018-00242-2 |
Related Links: | https://www.norsok.no/prosjekter/2018/utfasing-av-uonska-innsatsfaktorer-fra-okologisk-landbruk-organic-plus, https://organic-plus.net/ |
Deposited By: | Løes, Anne-Kristin |
ID Code: | 37475 |
Deposited On: | 04 Mar 2020 15:41 |
Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2020 15:42 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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