Breeding Bread-Making Wheat Varieties for Organic Farming Systems: The Need to Target Productivity, Robustness, Resource Use Efficiency and Grain Quality Traits. [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Agronomic protocols (rotation, tillage, fertilization and crop protection) commonly used in organic and conventional crop production differ significantly and there is evidence that modern varieties developed for conventional high-input farming systems do
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Harnessing Synergistic Biostimulatory Processes: A Plausible Approach for Enhanced Crop Growth and Resilience in Organic Farming. [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary Demand for organically grown crops has risen globally due to its healthier and safer food products. From a sustainability perspective, organic farming offers an eco-friendly cultivation system that minimizes agrochemicals and producing ...
Sani MNH, Yong JWH.
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Reducing Carbon Footprint of Agriculture—Can Organic Farming Help to Mitigate Climate Change?
Agriculture, 2022 In the face of a changing climate, intensive efforts are needed for limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 °C. Agricultural production has the potential to play an important role in mitigating climate change.
M. Holka, J. Kowalska, M. Jakubowska
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A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Farming
Sustainability, 2021 Understanding the evidence-based factors that influence the adoption of organic farming yields benefits in terms of managing said adoption effectively. We searched relevant articles published in databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google ...
Ratana Sapbamrer, Ajchamon Thammachai
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Meeting the European green deal objective of expanding organic farming
Equilibrium, 2022 Research background: Economic growth is unsustainable. However, a circular economy has the potential to lead to sustainable development, while decoupling economic growth from the negative consequences of resource depletion and environmental degradation ...
A. Kowalska, M. Bieniek
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Organic farming: A sustainable agricultural practice
Vantage Journal of Thematic Analysis, 2022 The agriculture sector faces multiple challenges in meeting the growing food demand of an ever-increasing population. Conventional farming is one of the most widely practiced approach due to its affordability and accessibility, but it is associated with ...
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Organic Farming Support Policy in a Sustainable Development Context: A Polish Case Study
Energies, 2021 This paper assesses the extent, scope and importance of financial support for Polish organic farming from 2004 to 2019. The analysis focuses particularly on how the changes in the amount and structure of organic farming payments affected farmers ...
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Organic Farming Increases the Technical Efficiency of Olive Farms in Italy
Agriculture, 2021 While there is growing recognition of the positive role played by organic farming in the reduction of the negative externalities due to conventional agriculture, there is uncertainty about the effect of the latter on the economic performance of the farms.
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Contemporary Challenges to the Organic Farming: A Polish and Hungarian Case Study
Sustainability, 2021 From year to year, there is an increasing demand for agricultural produce from certified organic farms. However, Poland and Hungary’s demand for this product is almost twenty times smaller than in Western European countries.
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Organic Farming Lessens Reliance on Pesticides and Promotes Public Health by Lowering Dietary Risks
Agronomy, 2021 Organic agriculture is a production system that relies on prevention, ecological processes, biodiversity, mechanical processes, and natural cycles to control pests and maintain productivity.
C. Benbrook, S. Kegley, B. Baker
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