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Rapid sustainability assessment of organic and low-input farming across Europe and identification of research needs [PDF]

, 2013
The objective of this report is to present information on research needs to support improvement of sustainability of organic and low input dairy farms in the EU which could be addressed with on-farm projects.

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Effects of organic cultivation on soil fertility and soil environment quality in greenhouses

Frontiers in Soil Science, 2022
Organic cultivation has been considered as an important cultivation approach for sustainable agriculture in the world. Whether organic cultivation can mitigate the negative impact of agriculture on the environment especially in greenhouses is still ...
Lihong Tong, Lihong Tong, Jie Li, Jie Li, Ling Zhu, Shuo Zhang, Hu Zhou, Yizhong Lv, Kun Zhu   +8 more
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Wheat Growing and Quality in Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2012
This chapter will present criteria of the selection of suitable varieties for the organic farming system, depending on land and climatic conditions of a farm, current legislation, availability of seeds, options of the final use, etc. Data in this chapter
Moudry, Jan, Stehno, Zdenek, Capouchova, Ivana, Konvalina, Petr   +3 more
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Evaluating some qualitative and quantitative indices of local rice cultivars in paddy field planting systems in north of Iran [PDF]

فیزیولوژی محیطی گیاهی, 2020
This experiment was conducted with the aim of evaluating the planting systems of local rice cultivars in the research paddy fields located in Neka, Sari and Babol during 2017 and 2018.
Nader Moeini, MOHAMMAD REZA DADASHI, Salman Dastan, Abolfazl Faraji   +3 more
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Cattle manure and humic substances stimulate morphophysiological and nutritional processes in pepper plants

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
Species of the genus Capsicum, especially peppers, are economically important and widely consumed worldwide. The application of animal waste as organic fertilizer is a simple and cost-effective technique for applying nutrients to the soil.
Ramon F. da Silva, Thiago J. Dias, Bruno de O. Dias, Toshik I. da Silva, Júlio C. G. Alves, Rogério F. da Silva, Ana C. Bezerra, João H. B. da Silva, Marlene P. do Nascimento, Adriano S. Lopes, Adjair J. da Silva, Rodolpho J. de A. Nascimento   +11 more
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The Nature of Carbon Flux in Gunungsewu Karst, Java-Indonesia

Acta Carsologica, 2016
The research documented here aims to clarify the transport and fate of carbon species that evolved in a typical conical karst system in Gunungsewu. Special interest is attributed to the estimate of carbon flux by considering the conical karst as a whole ...
Eko Haryono, Danardono Danardono, Sekti Mulatsih, Sutanto Trijuni Putro, Tjahyo Nugroho Adji   +4 more
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The Critical Point of Conventionally Bred Soft Wheat Varieties in Organic Farming Systems [PDF]

, 2009
Nowdays, wheat is the most important crop for organic farming system. However, the varieties breeded and tested in the conditions of organic farming system are still missing.
Moudry, Jan, Stehno, Zdenek, Konvalina, Petr   +2 more
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Organic and mineral fertilization on productivity and postharvest of okra

Agro@mbiente On-line, 2020
Mineral fertilization promotes good results for the components of production and quality of okra fruit; however, it raises the cost of production, making it, sometimes, unviable to the small producers.
Jonnathan Richeds da Silva Sales, Geocleber Gomes de Sousa, Raimundo Gleidison Lima Rocha, Francisco Hermeson Rodrigues Costa, Elizeu Matos da Cruz Filho, Kelly Nascimento Leite   +5 more
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Effect of adoption of organic farming on technical efficiency of olive-growing farms: empirical evidence from West Bank of Palestine

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2023
Organic farming is one of the methods that increases the value added of agricultural products in a sustainable way. This paper examines how the adoption of organic farming has impacted the technical efficiency of Palestinian olive-growing farms in the ...
Kenichi Kashiwagi, Hajime Kamiyama
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Breeding Bread-Making Wheat Varieties for Organic Farming Systems: The Need to Target Productivity, Robustness, Resource Use Efficiency and Grain Quality Traits

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
Leonidas Rempelos, Juan Wang, Enas Khalid Sufar, Mohammed Saleh Bady Almuayrifi, Daryl Knutt, Halima Leifert, Alice Leifert, Andrew Wilkinson, Peter Shotton, Gultekin Hasanaliyeva, Paul Bilsborrow, Steve Wilcockson, Nikolaos Volakakis, Emilia Markellou, Bingqiang Zhao, Stephen Jones, Per Ole Iversen, Carlo Leifert   +17 more
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