D-MTEC Media Update – Organic farming: good for the environment, bad for yields

D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentary. The widespread use of a particular cultivation method does not necessarily indicate success in terms of all ecosystem services, says Robert Finger, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy. Instead, food production, climate protection and biodiversity should be measured more clearly, and form the focus of our public policies.

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Organically cultivated fields boast higher biodiversity and pollute water less than conventionally cultivated fields. On the other hand, they produce significantly lower yields, as a long-term study by Agroscope has now shown in detail. Image: Svitlana Holovei / Shutterstock

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