Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals
Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals: A Review of Research Methodology and Preliminary Results
The ADBI workshop was part of an international conference on "Sufficiency Economy, Poverty Reduction, and the MDGs", jointly sponsored by the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative, ADBI, FAO, and DANIDA. On the first day about 800 participants attended. The theme was on "sufficiency economy", a development philosophy that emphasizes self-reliance, responsible consumption, and respect for social values. These are some of the same principles underpinning organic agriculture. The King of Thailand introduced this as a development tool in the 1980s, particularly for poor farmers in marginal areas.
