Canada's Organic Science Cluster

Activity E.2: Modeling Global Warming Potential (GWP) reductions associated with sub-watershed wide transition to organic farming

Background and Supporting References

• Agronomic and environmental implications of organic farming systems
• Comparing the environmental impacts of pasture-based and confinement-based dairy systems using life cycle assessment
• Crop production during conversion from conventional to low-input methods
• Does the adoption of organic food and farming systems solve multiple policy problems? a review of the existing literature
• Economic and social impacts of organic production systems
• Energy and environmental issues in organic and conventional agriculture
• Energy use and efficiency in two Canadian organic and conventional crop production systems
• Environmental impacts of organic agriculture: A Canadian perspective
• Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses
• Nitrous oxide emissions from organic and conventional crop rotations in five European countries
• Quantifying the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of composting dairy and beef cattle manure
• Reduced nitrate leaching and enhanced denitrifier activity and efficiency in organically fertilized soils
• Scenario modeling potential eco-efficiency gains from a transition to organic agriculture: life cycle perspectives on Canadian canola, corn, soy, and wheat production