Provides a comprehensive review of advances in organic farming techniques and practices from a broad international perspective.

Contributions by: John Paull, Uygun Aksoy, Muazzez Cömert Acar, Fabio Caporali, Ehsan Ebrahimi, Adnan Sisic, Raffaele Zanoli, Francesco Solfanelli, Ryoichi Komiya, Helga Willer, Jan Travnicek, Bernhard Schlatter, Victor Olowe, Jude Obi, Olabisi Somefun, Leonard Pollara, Raya J. Amara, Wilson C. Wilson, Lucas T. Manda, Nyandula S. Mwaijande, Janet F. Maro, Yohana C. Haule, Abdul Shango, David Frost, Othmane Merah, Ashoka Gamage, Bernhard Freyer, Kandiah Pakeerathan, Stefanie Christmann, Youssef Bencharki, Hamdi Özaktan, Gheorghe Cristian Popescu, Mehmet Yaman, Wing K.P. Ng, Adrian Crew, Day Teixeira, Pete Maxfield, Matt J. Bell, Sito-Obong Udofia, Lisa Williams, Alison Wills, Hector Valenzuela, Amjad Ahmad, Maria Eugenia Ortiz Escobar, N.V. Hue, Mary Cole, Rachel Cavallo, Jochen Mayer, S. Folaranmi G. Yusuf, Eyinade Gabriel Adewunmi, A Mushunje, Roberto Mancinelli, Mariam Atait, Mohamed Allam, Emanuele Radicetti, Yves Theoneste Murindangabo, Marek Kopecky, Petr Konvalina, Thangapandian Dhanikodi, Uma Maheswari Rajadurai, Rameshwari Ramaswamy, Bina Mistry, Bharti Suthar, Gheorghe Cristian Popescu, Monica Popescu, Dang Khoa Tran, Thi Xuan Phuong Tran, Anne-Kristin Løes, Joshua Cabell, Sara Hansdotter, Violeta Alexandra Ion, Ingrid Olesen, Tatiana Rittl, Kanu Murmu, Tahira Batool, Wenhao Zhang, Joel Allainguillaume, Alessia Iacavone, Jacopo Menghi, Philippe Belliard, Alice Caselli, Ruggero Petacchi, Matthias Schoeller, Masoud Latifian, Abdel JabbarAl-Rajab, Nagarjuna ReddyDesam, Matthew Russell Gates, Ben Hassine Mortadha, Quintarelli Valentina, Borgatti Daniele, Alireza Taab, Ahsan Muhammad, Arnd Verschwele, Jelena Golijan Pantovic, Maria Claudia Dussi, Thierry Gidenne, Laurence Fortun-Lamothe, Davi Savietto, Luciana Bignardi da Costa, Georgios I. Papakonstantinou, Georgia Terzidou, Dimitrios A. Gougoulis, Lampros Fotos, Vasileios G. Papatsiros, Fikru Kefyalew Alemayehu, Habtamu Alem, Gudbrand Lien, Linda C. Familusi, Abdi-Khalil Edriss, Mthakati A. R. Phiri, John A. Kazembe, Anthony O. Onoja, Jagjeet Singh Gill, Rachid Mrabet, Thamali Wanasinghe, Yasavi Jayakodi, Wasana Gunawardana, Kandiah Pakeerathan, Moulay Chrif Smaili