The local cultivation practices currently followed for conventional rice varieties, including the application of fertilizer, crop protection products, and labor, are directly applicable to the cultivation of those varieties containing the GR2E nutritional trait.
If we want to design agriculture for
local ecosystems, suited to the specific soils, climates and
cultivation practices of
local people, editing is at best a partial solution.
«Farmer» shall mean any person, organization, entity, association, partnership or corporation engaged in the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock or livestock products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, or the business of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the
cultivation of land, the raising of poultry, fish, or fur - bearing animals, the harvesting of timber or the
practice of horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture or viticulture; «Generally accepted agricultural
practices» shall mean those
practices which are lawful, customary, reasonable, safe and necessary to the industry as they pertain to the
practices listed in subdivision a of section 3 of this
local law.