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The Role of the Concept of the Natural (Naturalness) in Organic Farming
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2003Producers, traders, and consumers oforganic food regularly use the concept of thenatural (naturalness) to characterize organicagriculture and or organic food, in contrast tothe unnaturalness of conventional agriculture.Critics sometimes argue that such use lacks anyrational (scientific) basis and only refers tosentiment.
Verhoog, H. +3 more
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2022
Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing these elements of natural capital on farms not only supports biodiversity, but also contributes to farm productivity and to the well-being of farmers and farming communities. Natural Asset
David B. Lindenmayer +3 more
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Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing these elements of natural capital on farms not only supports biodiversity, but also contributes to farm productivity and to the well-being of farmers and farming communities. Natural Asset
David B. Lindenmayer +3 more
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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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2003
The Nature of the Farm is a theoretical and empirical study of contracts and organization in agriculture based on the transaction cost framework. Transaction costs are important in agriculture because nature (for example, seasonality, weather, pests) plays such a critical role in determining output and limiting the ability of farmers to specialize. The
Douglas W. Allen, Dean Lueck
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The Nature of the Farm is a theoretical and empirical study of contracts and organization in agriculture based on the transaction cost framework. Transaction costs are important in agriculture because nature (for example, seasonality, weather, pests) plays such a critical role in determining output and limiting the ability of farmers to specialize. The
Douglas W. Allen, Dean Lueck
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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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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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The nature of fisheries‐ and farming‐induced evolution
Molecular Ecology, 2007AbstractHumans have a penchant for unintentionally selecting against that which they desire most. In fishes, unprecedented reductions in abundance have been associated with unprecedented changes in harvesting and aquaculture technologies. Fishing, the predominant cause of fish‐population collapses, is increasingly believed to generate evolutionary ...
Jeffrey A, Hutchings, Dylan J, Fraser
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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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