Maintaining ecological soil functions - techniques in organic farming systems [PDF]
, 2000 The ecological soil functions (e.g. habitat and living space, production and utilization, ecological regulation) have to be taken into account and maintained by farming systems.
Beste, Andrea
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The contribution of research to the development of organic farming in Europe [PDF]
, 2002 On national as well as on EU level, research funds should be directed substantially towards organic farming in order to improve the economic and ecological performance of organic farming.
Niggli, Urs
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The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Future Prospects 2003 [PDF]
, 2003 This study documents concisely recent developments in global organic agriculture. Apart from figures on the area under organic management and on organic farms this publication also contains general information on the state of organic agriculture in the ...
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System comparison study and on-farm trials on organic cotton in India [PDF]
, 2009 Despite the high demand for sound data on the agronomic, ecological and economic performance of organic agriculture in developing countries, systematic comparison of organic and conventional farming systems has not so far been carried out.
Forster, Dionys
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China-Australia: Organic opportunities [PDF]
, 2013 A century ago, China’s sustainable agricultural practices were documented and praised by US Professor of Agriculture, Franklin King, for the successful stewardship of agricultural land over four millennia.
Paull, John
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, 2002 Introduction Organic agriculture is a thriving sector in Europe, and in some countries 10 % of the agricultural area is organic. Not so, however, for organic viticulture: the percentage of organic viticulture land compared to all vineyards is lower than
Willer, Helga +3 more
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Novel and underutilized feed resources – potential for use in organic and low input dairy production [PDF]
, 2012 This literature review evaluates the potential of a range of by-products from the agricultural,greenhouse, forestry, food processing and bioenergy sectors and agro-forestry systems as feed components in organic and low input dairy systems.
Kuoppala, Kaisa +6 more
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Organic Arable Farming: Information for farmers considering conversion to organic production [PDF]
, 2019 Is organic farming for you? Is it sufficiently profitable? What are the markets? Are livestock essential? Can weeds be controlled adequately in the long term? How do I go about conversion?
Organic, Farmers & Growers
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Research Program for Organic Food and Farming in Finland [PDF]
, 2005 The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry started a three-year Research Programme on Organic Food and Farming in 2003. The programme consists of 15 projects on different themes covering the whole food chain and has an annual budget of about 2.2 ...
Nykaenen, Arja, Nykänen, Arja
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Attitudes and behaviour towards food attributes and organic food – a triangular methodological investigation of occasional organic consumers [PDF]
, 2011 Organic food is increasingly available in the conventional food retail, where organic products are offered alongside with various other types of products and compete mainly with conventional and the so-called conventional-plus products.
Stolz, Hanna
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