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The opportunities to grow the ‘organic pie’ are substantial for both China and Australia. However the challenges and the opportunities are far from identical, although the goals of growing the production area, increasing the market... more
Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course at Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce), in the summer of 1924, was the gateway event that led to the development of biodynamic agriculture and, subsequently, organic agriculture. The present paper identifies for... more
The Smart Greenhouse is prototype implementation of a remotely controlled and monitored greenhouse. Using an Internet of things (IoT) - based communication and control technology the Smart Greenhouse enables an automatic control of... more
Nutritional value of plant purely depends on the methodology of cultivation. (Urmila Sarkar and Surendra Sawardekar) Different methods of cultivation lead to prior proficiency of plant growth in terms of germination, height, weight,... more
Organic farming offers an alternative that can eliminate many of the environmental problems of conventional agriculture in the industrialized world. Instead of using petroleum-derived chemicals to fertilize and protect crops, farmers... more
The field experiment was conducted at Birsa Agricultural University during winter (Rabi) season of 2017-18 with the objective to evaluate the growth parameter, yield attributes, yield and economics of wheat variety HD2967 under precision... more
Abstract: This paper explores consumer understanding and perception of organic food, with specific reference to the relatively new concept of organic farmed salmon. Key themes associated with the term “organic” and its meaning, as... more
The organic farming system follows various principles of natural ecosystem which is based on the structural and functional relationships of natural ecosystems. The food production historypresume that organic farming was the predominant... more
Organic agriculture aims to build soil quality and provide long-term benefits to people and the environment; however, organic practices may reduce crop yields. This long-term study near Mead, NE was conducted to determine differences in... more
Tomato plants were grown in the greenhouse in the soil, in confined beds, or in combined beds where the roots could also develop in the soil outside the bed. The beds were filled with compost based on clover grass hay, deep litter and... more
Citation/Export MLA Ronak Mistry, Kishan Malaviya, Harsh Kotak, Harshil Bhatt, Urvi Patel, “A Novel Approach to Autonomous Farming Robot”, April 15 Volume 3 Issue 4 , International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and... more
In this chapter, we discuss how, as a cultural anthropologist and archaeol-ogist, we have moved toward a vision of public anthropology with partner-ships of many kinds, centrally involving the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in the Finger Lakes... more
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) as a result of the legumes-rhizobia symbioses is the main source of nitrogen in organic farming systems. Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), used as green manure or as forage legume, is important on arable... more
Cotton farmers in many developing countries are facing decreasing marginal returns due to stagnating yields and high input costs. Conversion to organic management could offer an alternative. In a two year comparative study in central... more
Natural toxins, such as mycotoxins, have emerged as a significant factor affecting the safety image of cereal grains as a raw material for the food and feed industry. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contents of... more
The research programme called "international research cooperation and organic integrity" was commenced for a period 2006-2010. It is coordinated by DARCOF (The Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming). The whole programme, with acronym... more
Soil microbial biomass plays important roles in nutrient cycling, plant-pathogen suppression, decomposition of residues and degradation of pollutants; therefore, it is often regarded as a good indicator of soil quality. We reviewed more... more
The aim of organic agriculture is to produce food of high nutritional quality in sufficient quantity. Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of organic and conventional growing systems on (i) total amounts and supply of N... more
Commercial horticulture in many regions of the world depends upon Sphagnum peat as a potting-media substrate, but extracting peat has serious environmental consequences. Composts may be able to serve as effective substitutes for peat and... more
The production of cocoa in Sao Tome and Principe is invariably linked to the country's history. Since the colonial times until the independency, since the Agrarian Reform and during the following rural restructuring programs, cocoa crop... more
This study determined the profile of agricultural extension workers in the municipalities of San Jose, Magsaysay, Rizal, and Calintaan (SAMARICA), Occidental Mindoro; their technology transfer modalities utilized in extending organic... more
Organic certification, especially for smallholders, often uses group certification procedures. An internal control system (ICS) visits all farmers, and then the external certification body (CB) inspects a sample to assess the ICS'... more
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with... more
Conventional agriculture has had major environmental impacts, in particular with respect to soil degradation. Soil structure, fertility, microbial and faunal biodiversity have declined, and root diseases are common unless genetic... more
In organic farming, weeds are one of the threats that limit crop yield. An early prediction of weed effect on yield loss and the size of late weed populations could help farmers and advisors to improve weed management. Numerous studies... more
Organic farming has become an important element of European agri-environmental policy due to increasing concern about the impact of agriculture on the environment. This book describes in detail the environmental and resource use impacts... more
A produção agropecuária e florestal no Brasil apresenta um desenvolvimento crescente desde meados do século passado, mas a grande aceleração nesse desenvolvimento veio após o grande investimento em pesquisa, assistência técnica e crédito... more
Organic agriculture has experienced remarkable growth in recent decades as societal interest in environmental protection and healthy eating has increased. Research has shown that relative to conventional agriculture, organic farming is... more
Background: China, a country that feeds 22% of the world's population with 7% of the world's arable land, not only thanks to the birth of high-yielding rice, fertilizer has also played a role in the development of agriculture, but the... more
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"This paper analyses the Organic Food & Farming (OF&F) scientific domain dynamic throught a "progressive document co-citation analysis" based on peer-reviewed papers from Web of Science. The dataset of OF&F domain displayed an... more
Conventional and integrated fruit growers, but not organic producers, have the possibility to use thinning agents (e.g. benzyl adenine), which allow crop regulation at a relatively late stage (10-16 mm fruit size). A few surveys have... more
Sheep farming is an important and well-established activity in Greece, especially in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas. In these areas, organic sheep farming has recently experienced a significant increase, representing a promising... more
To reduce the environmental burden of agriculture, suitable methods to comprehend and assess the impact on natural resources are needed. One of the methods considered is the life cycle assessment (LCA) method, which was used to assess the... more
Organic and other environmental and social marketing devices seek to connect producers and consumers more directly and reward environmentally and socially superior production systems. Some researchers have observed that these schemes may... more
Inhana rational farming (IRF) technology was studied as an organic package of practice in farmers' field using green gram (Samrat: PDM-84-139) as test crop. The study was conducted at Binuria village in Birbhum district of West Bengal... more