Sentences with phrase «higher organic yields»

These hotspots were not associated with higher organic yields, but rather occurred in lower yielding regions for both conventional and organic production [39, 40].

Not exact matches

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Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

It seems that both yield and quality is higher in such conditions and that the market (ultimately the consumers) does not know how to separate between terms such as organic, song bird coffee, shade - grown coffee, etc..

For instance, for perennials grown on favourable soils organic yields are just 5 lower than conventional yields, but the yield difference between the most comparable conventional and organic systems is as high as 34.

Nathan believes there is massive potential for the organic industry to develop, but the more demanding crops and the ability to achieve higher yields is holding the industry back.

Our efforts to «convert feed to food» are yielding positive results and has positioned the Company for continued growth in what we believe to be the highest margin, fastest growing segments of the US food market: natural, organic and functional foods.»

The second and third year show that fresh fruit yields in the organic system were 29 percent (year two) and 11.3 percent (year three) higher in the organic system than the non-organic system.

Economically speaking, the selling price of organic rice in the Ebro Delta is higher than conventional rice, and permits greater profit to farmers, in spite of the major cost of labour (organic farming of this particular system needs 25 percent more than conventional farming) and lower yields -LRB--15 percent in organic paddy fields).

On the other hand, organic crop yields in developing countries may be considerably higher than the national average, which has implications on organic matter return and carbon sinks102.

In comparing organic and conventional systems, van Elzakker and Tulip (2000) have reported that organic farmers have started to obtain high cotton yields compared to conventional farming systems in the same case study sites.

Crop yields are generally lower on organic farms when compared with high input agricultural systems, especially during conversion years.

While the proportion of soluble nutrient fractions is lower on organically managed soils, there is no decrease in organic yields since higher biological activity and higher mycorrhizal root colonization counteract nutrient deficiency.

«We identify the situations where organic does well and we also identify the situations where it does not do so well, for example under irrigated conditions where the conventional yields can be just so high that organic agriculture can't match these yields.»

But, he added, in order to close the import - export gap, farmers need help making ends meet during the three transition years in which they must farm organically and often experience lower yields than under conventional methods, but do not yet qualify for the higher price premium of organic to compensate for their losses.

Sal Gilbertie, of Gilbertie's Herb Garden in Westport, CT will discuss strategies to maximize harvests with a low - impact, all organic, and sustainable produce garden for gardeners with plots of all sizes during «Small Plot, High Yield Gardening.»

The concept has a holistic approach and combines a variety of innovative technologies, such as energy positive homes, renewable energy, energy storage, door - step high - yield organic food production, vertical farming aquaponics / aeroponics, water management and waste - to - resource systems.

Because of the lower yields with typical organic farming, the amount of energy required to deliver a consumer - worthy product is typically higher but also depends on how hardy (Potatoes?)

«In severe drought conditions, which are expected to increase with climate change, organic farms have the potential to produce high yields because of the higher water - holding capacity of organically farmed soils,» Reganold said.

Potassium atoms interspersed into crystals of the organic compound picene yields superconductivity at relatively high temperatures

High yields came as a surprise: «There's been criticism that organic yields are lower than conventional yields,» Reganold says.

This Murray sample and several others are also yielding organic fragments in startling concentrations, as high as parts per million.

Screening and isolation of an organic solvent - tolerant bacterium for high - yield production of organic solvent - stable protease.

He said his organic seeds produced the highest yields by far, which is the opposite of what you hear when reading about the benefits of GMO crops.

Next is my own favorite version based on Tim's, using organic chicken legs — because legs are succulent and economical and because the abundant joint tissue gives a high collagen / gelatin yield.

I especially like the organic growth part of it, as it perfectly shows what can be accomplished if you choose a good mix of dividend growth and high - yield stocks.

Conceived as an organic interchange, Friends in High Places, explores the implicit connections within a community and takes as an article of faith that a fluid curatorial approach can yield a comprehensive catalog of practices and principles.

Caolan Woods from Natural World Products said «We employ 40 people locally to help recycle Belfast's food and green waste into a high quality organic soil conditioner, used across a range of applications — from local farmers looking to improve crop yields to local Councils seeking to help our parks and greenways flourish.»

That's why high - yield agriculture, despite its immediate impacts in terms of fertiliser, pesticides and other inputs, is on aggregate much better than the organic alternative.

While organic agriculture practices result in higher soil organic matter (SOM) contents and, in turn, higher nutrient - and water - supplying potential to crops, transition to organic farming typically involves a lag time of several years in which yields can suffer and input demands increase as rebuilding soil microbial communities compete with crops for nitrogen and other available nutrients (Simmons and Coleman, 2008).

To its credit, organic does quite well in many cases: Sweet potatoes, raspberries, canola, and hay all yielded higher nationally than their conventional counterparts.

In those cases, where the yields are lower on organic farms, comparisons made per kg of product are less fa - vourable for organic systems (Chirinda et al., 2010b) unless N use efficiency is higher on organic farms (cf. 4 below).

«First and foremost, we found that corn and soybean yields were the same across the three systems,» said Pimentel, who noted that although organic corn yields were about one - third lower during the first four years of the study, over time the organic systems produced higher yields, especially under drought conditions.

Due to higher knowledge requirements, observed yield gaps might further increase if a larger number of farmers would switch to organic practices.

Industrial and organic farming mate and turn into high - yielding, sustainable agriculture.

«The real question is, if the yields are lower and production costs higher,» in organic, do these numbers pencil out for farmers «without the premium?»

We took the farm tour and viewed large plots of land where the longest - ever side - by - side experiments have been conducted, comparing organic methods with non-organic, measuring yields, effects on soil, moisture, humus, microbiological activity, etc. (Initially, organic farming yields drop off, but within a few years, organic yields are equivalent of chemical farming yields, but in drought years, organic agriculture provides higher yields.

If we want to grow X amount of food conventional farming practices will require less land (thanks to higher yields) than we would need using organic agriculture.

The Atlantic is now full of oil the Pacific is now filling up of radiation, GM contamination everywhere and the destruction of higher yield, more environmentally safe methods of farming (organic) and its replacement with of Big Agra * patented * nutrition less crap instead (in the name of «codex alimentarius» — see my blog etc)....

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Formulated an organic pesticide, the use of which resulted in high organic content and crop yield • Saved 23 farm animals from an impending disease (discovered on the adjacent farmland) by quickly isolating and vaccinating them • Devised a novel irrigation system to provide water to all crop lines, without the use of sophisticated and expensive machinery • Suggested using the age old method of hand seeding, resulting in increased crop growth