Organic Agriculture: environmental, social, economic, and human health impacts

Abstract

Organic agriculture represents a systemic way of managing production that promotes and improves the health of agroecosystems, the quality of life of producers and especially the food security of consumers. This article aims to structure a systematic literature review to analyze the socioeconomic, environmental and human health impacts of organic production systems, seeking to identify the most studied variables, techniques employed and propose new research. In the studies it was identified that both the production and the commercialization of organic products have been growing and conquering a large share of the market. Consumers' awareness of the importance of consuming food from organic agriculture is related to issues of reducing environmental impacts and food security. Likewise, it is necessary to implement public policies with a focus on making technologies available to producers so that there is a reduction in socioeconomic impacts on primary production.