Organic farming can deliver better returns
The head of the European Commission’s organic unit, Elena Panichi, has said that organic farming can potentially leave agricultural producers with a higher margin than that compared to conventional methods – should the price they receive compensate them for lower yields. The topic of switching to organics was under discussion at a recent webinar. In Panichi’s view, “The yield gap[s] are possibly compensated by higher prices because, in fact, premium…