Organic Agriculture: Delivering environmental public goods

Summary

There is solid scientific evidence to support the positive effects of organic farming on the environment, including enhancing biodiversity, mitigating climate change and improving water quality. Europeans are some of the biggest consumers of organic produce, and Europe has been a global leader in developing many regulations and policies which affect the organic farming sector. Organic farming has already been recognised as a set of practices which has a higher potential to deliver environmental public goods.