organic agriculture
Overview of organic agriculture
... under organic production (Yussefi 2004), 74% of that land is owned by 5% of the organic farmers (Lernoud and Piovano ...of organic land would rank a more modest sixth globally, between Brazil and ...
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Organic agriculture: opportunities and challenges
... The organic movement may have gained a place in the spotlight of the mainstream media now, but it has not been like that for ...1950s, organic farmers operating at a grass roots level have devised, tested ...
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Organic agriculture and climate change mitigation A report of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
... that organic agriculture (and agriculture in general) faces when combined with the established institutions of carbon markets and offset ...in agriculture remains a topic, as the amounts of ...
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Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Key results from the FiBL IFOAM survey on organic agriculture worldwide 2015 Part 3: Organic agriculture in the regions 2013
... Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). However, the possibility of mistakes cannot be ruled out entirely. ...
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Vision of breeding for organic agriculture
... According to DB and SWD it was important for the health and welfare of the animals that they were specifically suited or adapted to organic agriculture. Physical interventions on animals to make it easier ...
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Organic Agriculture in the landscape of sustainability initiatives
... Organic is not the only initiative with the aim of improving sustainability in agriculture. There is a wide array of approaches, perspectives, priorities and levels of ambition. Certain initiatives are seen ...
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The Evolution of Organic Agriculture in Denmark
... of organic agriculture in Denmark is a history of pioneers that espe- cially in the 1970’s by means of experiments introduced the organic way of ...dawning organic movement was marked by a ...
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Organic agriculture in a global perspective
... low-yielding agriculture, subsistence farming, and local food ...areas organic production methods have the potential to give higher and more stable yields than the existing agriculture, based only on ...
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Organic Agriculture and Food Availability
... production: Organic agriculture has the potential to improve energy self-sufficiency at the national and international ...meaning organic biofuel production with local and low-input technologies, ...
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Sustainability of Organic Agriculture Achievements and shortcomings
... US, organic agriculture is making headway towards becoming part of the mainstream of green ...certified organic focuses on export, while local markets for organic products are not well ...
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Organic Agriculture and Food Utilization
... the organic philosophy that consistent adherence to the organic principles of ecology, heath, care and fairness will lead to food of high quality for the ...allowed, organic agriculture often ...
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Investigating organic agriculture in a global perspective
... more agriculture is converted to organic production? Can the production of food in low-input systems meet future needs in the development countries? And, on the other hand, can organic ...
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What makes organic agriculture move protest, meaning or market? A polyocular approach to the dynamics and governance of organic agriculture
... of organic agriculture. The three perspectives are: organic agriculture seen as an alternative in opposition to the mainstream; organic agriculture seen as a self- organising ...
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Breeding maize for traditional and organic agriculture
... under organic conditions but yields in organic and conventional conditions were high enough to expect that selection under either condition would be similarly ...under organic conditions, suggesting ...
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Benefits of U S organic agriculture
... because organic yields are not known, although acreage data have been collected by the ...by organic producers than by conventional ...of organic acreage), farmer markets ...from organic ...
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Organic Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Asia
... for organic agriculture and supporting some modest investments in the ...in organic agriculture implies a number of tangible benefits ranging from simple economic benefits to those mentioned ...
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Diversity as a key concept for organic agriculture
... of organic agriculture in a range of scales: within-field diversity (intercropping or mixed cropping is perceived as better than monoculture), diversity in crops and livestock (many crop and livestock types ...
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Farm management issues in organic agriculture
... There is not ONE organic agriculture, but MANY organic farming systems The farm should be considered as a whole, with an holistic approach Diversification, both horizontal and vertical a[r] ...
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African Organic Agriculture Training Manual
... to organic agriculture, from techni- cal guidelines and strategies to commercial orientations, from practical to science-based, from subsistence to export oriented production, from non- certified to ...
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Maps of Organic Agriculture in Australia
... for organic hectares with a mere vestigial presence ...for organic producers and operators ...to organic is disproportionately low, while the number of operators is disproportionately ...certified ...
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