Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Organic Agriculture, Held in Washington D.C. on 23-26 September 2002

Papers from a September 2002 workshop review current and projected growth in the supply and demand for organic products in European countries, identify market and policy successes, outline policies that have been used to develop organic agriculture, and identify trade issues arising from domestic policy measures to develop organic products. Some topics are the productivity of organic and conventional cropping systems, pollution threats to organic production, and the role of research. There is no subject index. The book is co-published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and CABI Publishing (their ISBN: 0-85199-740-6); CABI is distributed by Oxford University Press. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)