Sentences with phrase «organic agriculture as»

Sustainability is key at Avalon, which is committed to organic agriculture as it embodies the highest standard of sustainability, ensuring benefits to the land, the farmers, the environment and its customers.

To establish organic agriculture as an important tool in sustainable food production, the factors limiting organic yields need to be more fully understood, alongside assessments of the many social, environmental and economic benefits of organic farming systems.

Apparently peanut crops are used to prepare fields for organic agriculture as they absorb toxins readily.

«Many producers have seen organic agriculture as a complicated process with a lot of challenges, but we hope to make the process simpler.»

This award recognized Mountain Rose Herbs for its commitment to organic agriculture as both a wholesaler and producer of high quality, organic herbal products.

In fact, many farmers in developing countries perceive organic agriculture as a product meeting the demand of industrialized country consumers, and incorporated into the systems of trade and distribution that prevail in conventional agriculture.

Formerly Elm Farm Research Centre, it develops and promotes organic agriculture as the most environmentally sound way of producing healthy food.

IFOAM has always criticized this policy, and asked for international aid to support rural development in particular adopting organic agriculture as an efficient tool for food security.

To establish organic agriculture as an important tool in sustainable food production, the factors limiting organic yields need to be more fully understood, alongside assessments of the many social, environmental and economic benefits of organic farming systems.

The researchers say their interest was piqued after seeing a study that positioned organic agriculture as less productive than conventional, with lower crop yields.

As part of the CSO panel we advocated for organic agriculture as a means of farming that increases the resilience of soils to both water stress and nutrient loss and which contributes to combating desertification by preventing soil erosion and land degradation.

Unfortunately, much of the focus at COP21 is still on reducing emissions and not using regenerative organic agriculture as a viable solution to reducing greenhouse gases.

Not exact matches

Those in commodity - based agriculture, such as cattle ranchers, have been earlier adopters than smaller, organic and specialty farmers.

People need to be empowered by activities such as building local capital through savings, promotion of organic agriculture, agro-industries, appropriate technology, cooperative enterprises, local trading, foreign debt renunciation or cancellation.

Among other things Andre pointed out Rodale research from the Compost Utilization Trial and Farming Systems Trial ™ as key research to support regenerative organic agriculture.

I grew up on an organic grain farm in Saskatchewan and worked for 5 years as a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)- contract organic inspector.

Nate previously served as certification coordinator for Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA)'s organic certification program.

The Agrifood Markets and Value Chain chapter analyses the organic agriculture option as one of the strategies to help small farmers sell to markets, together with fair trade and «short - chain strategies».

Manure Animal manure has been used as a fertility input on farms since the dawn of agriculture and remains the most important fertility source on organic farms today.

It serves as an important confluence for all organic stakeholders for the promotion of trade, sharing information and knowledge about organic agriculture and agribusiness.

As the website of Ecology and Farming, our published editions on ISSUU and our newsletter are easy accessible and absolutely free for everyone on the web, we reach hundreds of thousands of people interested, or professionally involved, in organic agriculture.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

While the use of black plastic is allowed within organic agriculture, it is inherently unsustainable as it is a petroleum - based product and difficult to recycle.

The VIPs to the Summit included Mr Andre Leu, the President of IFOAM Organics International whose keynote speech drew a lot of interest from the participants as he highlighted the dangers of pesticides and why local governments should support the development of Organic Agriculture.

«One of the criticisms [of organic agriculture] is because it is more expensive, maybe it's not as accessible to some people as conventional products, and certainly that is something that needs to be considered as well,» Crowder says.

In order to facilitate knowledge and experience sharing within and beyond the African (Ecological) Organic Movement, as well as accelerate the uptake of Organic Agriculture, the Africa Office of IFOAM — Organics International works with local training and coaching institutions in project implementation.

Burgt, Geert - Jan H.M.; Eekeren, N. van; Scholberg, Johannes and Koopmans, Chris (2013) Lucerne (Medicago sativa) or grass - clover as cut - and - carry fertilizers in organic agriculture.

Throughout the conference organic agriculture was a prominent topic, appearing in different contexts related to PGS such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Slow Fooagriculture was a prominent topic, appearing in different contexts related to PGS such as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Slow FooAgriculture (CSA) and Slow Food networks.

The Ethiopian region Tigray, which IFOAM — Organics International has always showcased as one of the best examples for putting sustainable agriculture practices and policies into practice globally, was awarded with the Gold Future Policy Award 2017.

The role of organic farming was recognized in other documents discussed during the week such as the «Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock» and also in a promotion by FAO stating that «FAO promotes organic, fair trade and slow food as concrete ways to support sustainable agriculture».

While I'm a passionate advocate for organic agriculture, I get frustrated when sustainability is presented as a dichotomy (good or bad, certified or not certified) instead of a continuum.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

Apart from campaigns, this network also promotes alternative farmer - led agriculture, such as sustainable and organic agriculture, seed conservation among others.

Annually, all OTA Trade Members must sign the Association's Code of Ethics, a statement of the common values of this Association, to guide us in the decisions we make as businesses and individuals and to assist us with our responsibilities to the principles of organic agriculture and ethical business practices.

Australia's largest organic certification agency, Australian Organic, has branded the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources» proposal for the mandatory fungicide spraying of some imported crop seeds as a threat to jobs, growth and investment.

Through her responsibilities in the FAMU Cooperative Extension Program, Taylor has made a major impact on the organic farming community in North Florida through growing initiatives such as the various growers» markets in the Tallahassee community, bio-fuels awareness and development, and many sustainable agriculture initiatives to support limited - resource farmers and their families.

Iloilo City — As opening salvo to its 8th General Assembly, MASIPAG held a one - day conference to highlight the important and central role of small - scale farmers in the development of genuine organic agriculture.

In this event, Dr. M. Reza Ardakani the Director of IFOAM - IRAN participated as one of the invited speakers and on behalf of the head of Tehran Municipality - Management of Fruit and Vegetable Organization (Mr. Abdolhossein Rahimi), Head of the Board of Iran Organic Association (Mr. Seyed Reza Nurani) and IFOAM - IRAN signed the MoU for further cooperations with ALGOA and its members.The purpose for the establishment of ALGOA is to facilitate the 100 % adoption of organic agriculture in Asia.

Implementing advocacy campaigns as effective tools for the development of organic agriculture worldwide.

Furthermore they implement projects, with global and regional partners, which facilitate conversion to Organic Agriculture, empower local stakeholders and strengthen supply chains as well as help raise consumer awareness and shape the future of the organic sector by training a new generation of leaders through our Organic Leadership Courses and other services.

I think if we are asking consumers to reward organic coffee with their dollars we need to work hard to educate ourselves and our peers on the nuances and details of organic agriculture and in doing so avoid the temptation to simply point to a USDA Organic seal as evidence that the coffee is automatically superior.

This website is made possible through funding for the U.S. organic sector provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, as administered by the Organic Trade Association through its Organic Export Program.

In doing so, the Federal Government always pursued the goal of reaching a compromise proposal that builds on tried and tested foundations, whilst also providing answers to the specific new challenges of the globally booming organic sector since it regards the safeguarding of a clear, appropriate and reliable EU legal framework as a key instrument in efforts to promote organic agriculture.

Golden Rice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agriculture.

Traditional organic farmers see hydroponic production as a new form of «factory farming» that further corporatizes organic agriculture.

Golden Rice is unlikely to impact organic agriculture through cross-pollination — also known as outcrossing or gene flow — for reasons that apply to all cultivated rice.

We hope the window widens and that organic agriculture is included in the process as it has been in the symposium.

However, critics argue that organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of organic practices5.

Serving as a forum for the discussion and analysis of the contemporary situation for organic agriculture in Latin America, the Caribbean and the world

Donors and major development agencies, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support and help accelerate the uptake of organic agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support and help accelerate the uptake of organic agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21agriculture and other agroecological systems as they are crucial to ensuring healthy food for all in the 21st century.