Sentences with phrase «of conventional agriculture»
Interestingly, however, the study found that premiums only need to be 5 to 7 percent higher to match the profitability of conventional agriculture; so why the 22 to 35 percent increase?
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We've all heard proponents of conventional agriculture claim that organic farming is a recipe for global starvation because it produces lower yields.
A major trend is the increasing intensity of conventional agriculture and forestry, which leads to biodiversity decline.
Organic marketers and anti-GMO activists exaggerate these efforts, making claims that organics are «pesticide - free» and don't use «harmful» chemicals that they claim are the mainstay of conventional agriculture, and often linked in their campaigns to genetically modified crops.
Supplements are called for especially if all ingredients are not organically certified, because the soils of conventional agriculture are nutrient deficient, and almost toxic with synthetic agrichemical fertilizers and pesticides which also contaminate crops.
However, because of the convenience and labor - saving methods of conventional agriculture, organic farming has taken a back seat since the technological breakthroughs that led to significant yields beginning in the 1940s, called the green revolution (not to be confused with today's «green» practices designed to minimize environmental impacts).
Practitioners of conventional agriculture are now borrowing «organic» techniques to reduce the use of pesticides, artificial fertilizers and excessive tillage, and to increase on - farm biodiversity, beneficial insects and soil conservation.
While prices paid for organics are far higher, the study found that these premiums would only have to be 5 to 7 percent to match the financial profitability of conventional agriculture.
More important, although once dismissed as clownish, negligent farming, the organic movement is now seen as an innovative standard setter that is pulling all of conventional agriculture toward higher environmental standards and more sustainable practices.