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Animals, 2023 We tested the novel cross of the old local breed Deutsches Lachshuhn and the layer breed White Rock, as well as purebred Deutsches Lachshuhn, for their suitability as dual-purpose chickens under 100% organic husbandry conditions, and compared their ...
Daniela Werner +2 more
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Evaluation of drought resistance and index screening of foxtail millet cultivars
Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2023 Screening for identification indicators and establishing a drought-resistance evaluation system can provide a basis for the selection and layout of drought-resistant foxtail millet cultivars.
Xin Zhao +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Intercropping of legumes and cereals is an important management method for improving yield stability, especially in organic farming systems. However, knowledge is restricted on the relevance of different nutrient transfer pathways.
Anke Hupe +7 more
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Agronomy, 2023 The continuous cropping of cabbage or kidney bean results in a decrease in yield by influencing the soil environment. To decrease the damage caused by continuous cropping, ten treatments of cabbage–maize–cabbage (CMC), kidney bean–maize–cabbage (BMC ...
Tianle Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Ling Xie
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Impact of Daily Grazing Time on Dairy Cow Welfare—Results of the Welfare Quality® Protocol
Animals, 2017 Grazing provides livestock better opportunities to act out their species-specific behavior compared to restrictive stable conditions. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of daily grazing time on welfare of dairy cows in organic and ...
Kathrin Wagner +6 more
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Upper limits to sustainable organic wheat yields
Scientific Reports, 2021 Current use of mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizers is unsustainable because of its high fossil energy requirements and a considerable enrichment of the biosphere with reactive N. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) from leguminous crops is the most important
Thomas F. Döring, Daniel Neuhoff
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Are standards and regulations of organic farming moving away from small farmers' knowledge? [PDF]
, 2005 Organic farming is a promising agricultural method with positive effects on the human ecological and social environment. Governments have taken over a major role in defining organic farming by creating legal standards.
Kilcher, Lukas +2 more
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2022 Background This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of plant growth-promoting microbes on the foliar disease of organic tomatoes under protected cultivation. The biological control agents, viz., Trichoderma harzianum (T.
Gurudatt M. Hegde +3 more
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Organic Agriculture: Conventional farming vs organic farming
, 2020 Organic farming is the process of growing crops or livestock without any use of inorganic substances, viz, inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, growth hormones, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As the principle “feed the soil, not the plant” states, organic farming completely emphasizes on food security and soil health.
Nikumani Choudhury, Yadav, Arvind
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Animals, 2021 Farm animal welfare is a major concern to the European Union’s citizens, addressed in the Rural Development Programmes by a specific animal welfare support measure.
Angela Bergschmidt +3 more
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