What has the scientific community discovered about the quality, nutritional characteristics and production practices
used in organic agriculture?
Training government research and extension agencies
in organic agriculture in order to allow inclusion of organic principles in extension programmes.
The country has become the «poster child» for sustainability since it
leads in organic agriculture, climate change mitigation, as well as food security, and clean water.
To master ecosystem functions in order to produce decent high - quality yields, adaptive management practices are crucial: growing
conditions in organic agriculture are neither optimal, static nor predictable.
The publication discusses the weakness of institutional support for nurturing existing knowledge and
exchange in organic agriculture, support that could further enhance organic agriculture's positive impact on the natural and human environments.
We train new farmers
interested in organic agriculture, support conventional farmers in transition and do our best to ensure that all organic farmers are as efficient and economically viable as possible.
What have scientists determined in their research about the quality, nutritional characteristics and production practices
used in organic agriculture?
Rodale Institute is committed to groundbreaking
research in organic agriculture, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating people about how organic is the safest, healthiest option for people and the planet.
Disseminating technologies with high potential via exchange visits, regional - national farmer conferences, and publication of manuals that explain the technologies for use by technicians
involved in organic agriculture development programmes.
The need for
innovations in organic agriculture Worldwide, there is an urgent need for sustainable solutions to poverty, food insecurity, soil erosion, biodiversity decline and climate change.
Raised on a small family farm in the Netherlands, Louise has extensive
experience in organic agriculture, fair trade and development cooperation at a strategic, management and regulatory level.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced plans to withdraw a regulation that would have set animal welfare
standards in organic agriculture.
Organic Materials Review Institute has received and reviewed multiple applications for commercial digestate products to be used as
inputs in organic agriculture.
After attending Kutztown University and working as a school teacher for several years, Ross realized his true passion
lay in organic agriculture.
ICOAS brings together scientists, advisors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, associations, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders to meet and discuss latest research results and
developments in organic agriculture in Central and Eastern European countries.
Improved access to knowledge and innovations
in organic agriculture holds great potential for improving food security and raising the productivity of smallholders» farms in Africa and India economically, ecologically and socially...
Raised in an agricultural family and community in Nebraska, Matthew has held diverse
roles in the organic agriculture field since 1982, including farmer, non-profit advocate and consultant to organic food companies.
National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used
in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.
She holds bachelors degrees from WSU in agricultural food systems, where she
majored in organic agriculture and botany, and minored in horticulture and soil science.
The gene comes from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, a biopesticide
which in organic agriculture is sprayed directly onto crops to protect the plants from insects, Saletan explains.
Member farmers of MASIPAG have achieved varying degrees of
success in organic agriculture where members have been able to improve farm production through the combination of using locally adapted rice varieties, farm diversification and advocacy for better community legislations and programs.
The Organic Science Cluster II (OSCII) is completing its 3rd year of activities, with 37 research activities in progress across
Canada in organic agriculture and processing.
There was a meeting back in March of all major
players in organic agriculture and processing to call for GMO testing, but there was no follow - up press release, so the outcome is unknown.
Compared to conventional agriculture, N inputs are more expensive and more difficult to
apply in organic agriculture, and this makes over-addition less likely, but there are still seasons (e.g. after spring inputs or after harvest) in which N losses can be problematic for the following reasons.