The Costs of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through Adopting Organic Agriculture

Anil Markandya, Sununtar Setboonsarng, Qiao Yu Hui and Adam Stefan

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Abstract: This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. [Working paper no: 193]. URL:[http://www.adbi.org/files/2010.02.09.wp193.cost.mdg.organic.agriculture.pdf].

Keywords: MDGs; organic agriculture; United Nations; Millennium Development goals; Sri Lanka; Thailand; education; health; environment; PRC; household; poverty; gender disparity; maternal health; child mortality; HIV/AIDS; malaria and other diseases; environmental sustainability; development; primary education; children schooling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08
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