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Fs green Technology 01 02Bog'liq 34. FS-Green-TechnologyOrganic agriculture
Organic agriculture, according to the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is “a holistic production management
system that avoids use of synthetic fertilizer, pesticides and genetically modified organisms, minimizes pollution of
air, soil and water and optimizes the health and productivity of interdependent communities of plants, animals
and people.”
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Box 3: Codex Alimentarius Commission
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, working under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, develops
food standards, guidelines and codes of practice since its foundation in 1963 by FAO and WHO. The programme
aims to protect the consumer health, promote fair trade practices and facilitate the coordination of all food
standards work undertaken by international government and non-government organizations.
Source: World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization, Understanding the Codex Alimentarius, third edition (Rome,
2006). Available from ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/Publications/understanding/Understanding_EN.pdf (accessed 06 March 2012).
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Jeffrey Crawford, Promoting Trade and Investment in Climate-Smart Goods, Services and Technologies in Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok,
UNESCAP, 2011).
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Ulrich Hoffmann, Assuring Food Security in Developing Countries under the Challenges of Climate Change: Key Trade and Development
Issues of a Fundamental Transformation of Agriculture (Geneva, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2011). Available
from www.unctad.org/en/docs/osgdp20111_en.pdf (accessed 31 January 2012).
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ibid.
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Nadia El-Hage Scialabba and Maria Müller-Lindenlauf, “Organic agriculture and climate change”,
Renewable Agriculture and Food
Systems (2010), vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 158-169. Available from www.redagres.org/Organic-agric.pdf (accessed 05 March 2012).
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