Organic Foods and Global Sustainability

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Introduction

Increasing population , growing consumption needs and decreasing fertility of the agricultural lands are the growing concerns of different groups of society . Different nations are running various programs in to find out solutions to these problems . Global sustainability has become one of the main concerns for them . In such case , organic food is providing solution to these problems . This starts with brief introduction to organic food . This section is

followed by the discussion section where various production and consumption related issues are discussed

Organic Food

These foods are grown in natural ways , without the use of fertilizers insecticides and or any kind of genetic engineering . These products are produced in the most environmental friendly manner . These foods are generally priced higher than that of other non organic food . In such case it becomes challenging for the producers and marketers to encourage people t buy these products . There are various macro environmental factors which impacts the decisions of consumers . Consumers who prefer organic and environmental friendly products over the others are referred as `Green Consumers ' The issues which impacts a green consumer can vary from climate factors , pollution of various type , energy efficiency resource utilisation like water , land and other resources , global warming and sustainability and others . There is growing demand of organic products in international market with the increase in consumer awareness and interest in organic products . Purchasing power of individual consumer and his willingness to pay extra for the green organic and environmental friendly products impacts their decision making process . Organic food is defined in various ways . According to US Department of Agriculture it is defined as follows

The National Organic Standards Board of the U .S . Department of Agriculture (USDA ) created a national standard for the term organic in December 2000 . Organic food is defined by how it cannot be made instead of how it can be made . It must be grown without the use of sewer-sludge fertilizers , most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides genetic engineering , growth hormones , irradiation , and antibiotics

The productivity of organic food is lower than that of non organic food items . But it maintains the fertility of the land and its productivity in the long term process . Using artificial methods , fertilizers and pesticides have adverse impact on the soil health and overall ecosystem .According to Guthman (2004 ) Organic farming does not allow the use of synthetic pesticide but specific pesticides derived from plants Therefore global sustainability is enhanced in that no toxic substances are used which can be a threat to both human and ecosystem ' The growing worldwide population is increasing demands for food , putting more pressure on agricultural lands . There are various factors influencing global food market . According to Massari (n .d

The world 's population will reach 7 .5 billion in 2020 , with an average yearly increase of 73 million people 97 .5 per cent of these births will be in the developing countries . The factors...