Can Organic Agriculture save?
Africa’s food sufficiency can only be achieved if stakeholder cooperates to come up with strong policies that focus on population growths, available resources, and workforce. If agricultural systems are small in natural, social and human assets, then a sudden switch to organic practices that rely on these assets will not be immediately successful and may take the time to reach its full potential. In developing nations, evidence from research shows that agricultural produce in organic systems remains stable when converting from systems that use relatively small amounts of synthetic inputs such as those frequently found in Africa. In the long run, yields increase as assets in systems improve, hence outperforming those in traditional systems and matching those in more conventional, input-intensive systems. Organic farming can lead to increased food production – in many cases, a doubling of yields has been seen – which makes a significant contribution to improving the f...