Comparisons between Organic and Conventional Agriculture Need to Be Better, Say Researchers (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Comparisons between Organic and Conventional Agriculture Need to Be Better, Say Researchers

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The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors, such as biodiversity, soil quality, pesticide impacts and societal shifts, and these oversights can lead to wrong conclusions on the merits of intensive and organic agriculture. This is according to a trio of researchers writing in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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