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Farm–Nature Plan: landscape ecology based farm planning
Landscape and Urban Planning, 1999Abstract A procedure is presented for restyling the lay-out and management of farms in order to increase the biodiversity in the agricultural landscape as well as the sustainability of farming. The protocol for the development of an on-farm Nature Management Plan explicitly uses landscape ecology characteristics, local biotic and abiotic data and ...
Smeding, F.W., Joenje, W.
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The Journal of Law and Economics, 1998
Abstract Using a model based on a trade‐off between moral hazard incentives and gains from specialization, this paper explains why farming has generally not converted from small, family‐based firms into large, factory‐style corporate firms. Nature is both seasonal and random, and the interplay of these qualities generates moral hazard, limits the gains
Allen, Douglas W., Lueck, Dean
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Abstract Using a model based on a trade‐off between moral hazard incentives and gains from specialization, this paper explains why farming has generally not converted from small, family‐based firms into large, factory‐style corporate firms. Nature is both seasonal and random, and the interplay of these qualities generates moral hazard, limits the gains
Allen, Douglas W., Lueck, Dean
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Nature Farming: History, Principles and Perspectives
Journal of Crop Production, 2001The history, principles and perspectives of nature farming, as advocated by Mokichi Okada, a Japanese philosopher in 1935, are described. According to Okada, the principles of nature farming must fulfill five requirements: (1) produce safe and nutritious food that ensures good health; (2) be economically and spiritually beneficial to both producers and
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2023
The national demand for staple food rice in Japan is consistently on a downward trend due to population decline and diet changes. The falling rice prices and soaring fertilizer prices cause a growing deficit in rice farmers, especially small-scale farmers. Japanese government spends a considerable budget to deal with the rice surplus by encouraging the
Qin, Fanya +2 more
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The national demand for staple food rice in Japan is consistently on a downward trend due to population decline and diet changes. The falling rice prices and soaring fertilizer prices cause a growing deficit in rice farmers, especially small-scale farmers. Japanese government spends a considerable budget to deal with the rice surplus by encouraging the
Qin, Fanya +2 more
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2013
Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches to safeguarding native biodiversity in rural ...
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Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches to safeguarding native biodiversity in rural ...
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As another extended example of poiesis in action, this chapter reviews an approach to farming developed by Masanobu Fukuoka in Japan after World War II. Fukuoka’s route to so-called natural farming hinged on staging deliberate dances of agency between Fukuoka and his land, which eventually settled down as technique to a choreography of agency, plugging
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Nature-Based Farming Solutions – Reimagined?
2023Nature-based farming solutions, also referred to as agroecological farming, present a sustainable approach to agriculture by harnessing natural processes and ecosystems to meet food production needs. These methods emphasize minimizing reliance on synthetic fertilizers and chemicals.
Ladha, J.K., Kumar, Virender
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Farm Mechanization: Nature of Development
2020Agriculture is in transition today, with the coexistence of traditional and mechanized farming. The mechanized inputs and resources have a direct bearing on timeliness and precision of farm operations, increase in production and productivity, higher income generation, reduction in crops and food losses, reduction in drudgery, and improvement in the ...
P. K. Nag, L. P. Gite
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Organic farming and nature conservation.
2003AbstractThis paper summarizes the potential contribution of organic farming to biodiversity conservation through an assessment of its impact on the World Wildlife Fund's conservation priorities: 238 global priority ecoregions and six global themes (living water, forests for life, toxics, species, endangered seas and climate change). Organic production (
W. Vetterli +3 more
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FARM DEPENDENCE ON NATURAL GAS
2023The onset of the energy crisis since 1973 created economic problems throughout the United States. Farmers rely heavily on energy for production purposes. In particular, farmers in the arid western states rely on natural gas for irrigation, and farmers throughout the country rely on natural gas for crop drying.
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