Sentences with phrase «between organic agriculture»

There is urgent need, however, to investigate the interactions between organic agriculture practices and natural resources dynamics in these areas.

In the last twenty years, governments also have been gradually moving towards policies aiming at encouraging the links between organic agriculture and biodiversity conservation.

In Sweden, a working group made up of organic farmer groups, nature conservationists, Government agencies and universities has been working since 1997 to strengthen the links between organic agriculture and biodiversity conservation, and they set up biodiversity plans for organic farms.

Not exact matches

For several years, Rodale Institute and Organización Internacional Agropecuaria (OIA), a certifying agency for organic agriculture in Argentina, have been organizing a travel program between the U.S. and Argentina.

There is much information to share between the two countries and the future and success of organic agriculture depends on building relationships and sharing farmer experiences!

With high - hopes to share research, agricultural practices, farming experiences, and more importantly, build new relationships between the two countries, the continuing support organic farmers give each other, can promote organic agriculture on a global level.

Nutrient Density Comparison Between Organic and Conventionally Grown Oats By Marisa Wagner and Emmanuel Omondi (Ph.D.) The Farming Systems Trial (FST) at Rodale Institute is America's longest running side - by - side comparison of organic and conventional agriculture.

Future studies on organic agriculture and other sustainable farming techniques should examine not just economics, but soil quality, biodiversity impacts and other aspects of food production in order to make better comparisons between different forms of agriculture, said Crowder.

The three - year Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant will support the Organic Farming Program, a joint initiative between Rodale Institute and DelVal that prepares graduates for careers in organic agriculture.

Research projects at Rodale Institute include applied and practical projects in regenerative organic agriculture, soil health, climate change mitigation, water quality, and the linkages between healthy soil and healthy people.

The authors conclude that the factors that limit organic yields need to be better understood to enable meaningful comparisons between the rival forms of agriculture.

The main objectives, apart from helping organic agriculture enhance biodiversity, have been to start cooperation and dialogue between the nature conservation and organic agricultural movements and to spread knowledge about biodiversity in organic agriculture.

This comprehensive and accessible video explains the differences between large - scale conventional agriculture vs. small - scale organic agriculture, helping dispel the myth that industrial agriculture is necessary to feed the world.

Between 1981 and 1983, the United States organic sector was not exempt from the chain of bankruptcies that affected the whole agriculture sector.

Strengthened relationships between Government Ministries on the subject of organic agriculture and the large participation of farmers» organization and cooperatives have increased the impact of ACAO around the country.

This means achieving a significant increase in the knowledge and management of organic agriculture principles and technologies between farmers of diverse socio - economic and biophysical conditions, and between institutional actors involved in the development of the small farmer sector.

Alliances between technicians and farmers are critical for the generation and dissemination of successful organic agriculture techniques that emphasise the management of biodiversity and the rational use of natural resources.

Why do we need to choose between taking the organic high road to healthy vitality versus the slippery slide down, poisoning our foods and fibers through conventional agriculture?

Among the parallels that exist between the fresh milk and organic farming movements are responses of a concerned farming and food community to the destructive forces of a modernizing and increasingly industrialized agriculture.

I think we need a new kind of agriculture — kind of a third agriculture, between the big agribusiness, commercial approach to agriculture, and the lessons from organic and local systems....

«Across the important antioxidant compounds in fruits and vegetables, organic fruits and vegetables deliver between 20 and 40 percent higher antioxidant activity,» says Charles Benbrook, from Washington State University's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, a co-author of the study.

As Jason Clay, senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund, writes, «I think we need a new kind of agriculture — kind of a third agriculture, between the big agribusiness, commercial approach to agriculture, and the lessons from organic and local systems.»

We used publicly available data from the United States Department of Agriculture to estimate yield differences between organic and conventional production methods for the 2014 production year.

Nutrient Density Comparison Between Organic and Conventionally Grown Oats By Marisa Wagner and Emmanuel Omondi (Ph.D.) The Farming Systems Trial (FST) at Rodale Institute is America's longest running side - by - side comparison of organic and conventional agriculture.

With high - hopes to share research, agricultural practices, farming experiences, and more importantly, build new relationships between the two countries, the continuing support organic farmers give each other, can promote organic agriculture on a global level.

Of course, in order for bioremedial technologies such as this to move forward, the dichotomy between organic and conventional agriculture will have to be collapsed, a sober view of organic agriculture will have to be adopted, and we'll have to read the banana leaves with greater skepticism.