Easier compliance with government and private sector food safety regulations and standards, for example maximum residue limits of agro-chemicals and traceability; Higher prices for their certified products, usually at least 30 per cent more than for conventional agricultural products; Increased output for OA smallholding farmers; Higher net revenues for OA farmers than for conventional farmers; Improving livelihoods, including those of female farmers; Environmental benefits (less pollution, improved soil fertility, less soil erosion, enhanced biodiversity, no risk of genetic drift from genetically modified organisms, mitigated climate change and reduced energy consumption); Preserving in situ local farmer varieties and traditional agricultural knowledge, both of which are being lost at alarming rates worldwide, with serious consequences for current and future food security; Improved local nutrition, cleaner drinking water and reduced number of agricultural occupational injuries; Community revitalization and reduced rural-urban migration.
• رفع أسعار منتجاتها المعتمدة بشهادات، بأكثر من أسعار المنتجات الزراعية التقليدية بما لا يقل عادة عن 30 في المائة؛