Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

Verena Seufert (), Navin Ramankutty and Jonathan A. Foley
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Verena Seufert: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H2T 3A3, Canada
Navin Ramankutty: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H2T 3A3, Canada
Jonathan A. Foley: Institute on the Environment (IonE), University of Minnesota, 1954 Buford Avenue, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 485, issue 7397, 229-232

Abstract: A meta-analysis assessing the relative yields of organic and conventional agriculture shows that organic yields are on average lower, but that the magnitude of the difference is dependent on context.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11069

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