speaking organic

With t he yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends" the  Research Institute of Organic Agriculture ( FiBL ) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ( IFOAM ) publishes quite a pile of numbers and statistics about " recent developments in global organic agriculture " (1). As the title tells the yearbook claims to discuss a rather comprehensive complex of topics.  I'll give a glimpse into a selection of findings which are most interesting from my point of view.

One aspect mentioned in the discussion about the possible reactions to the climate change is a proper agricultural practise. Agriculture is not only a important factor to stop the climate change. Farmers also have to adapt the agricultural practise to extreme weather conditions, due to the climate change. In the oppositional positions of a high input agriculture with high yields and earnings and a sustainable one with a lower input and accordingly less yields on the short term, as a reaction to the climate change,  Müller and Niggli (2013) summarise important reasons that a sustainable agriculture is more likely to adapt on the climate change.