Sentences with phrase «organic management»

So, although the scheme has significantly increased the area under organic management, it has had minimal impact upon the national market for organic foods.

Interest in organic certification has increased since the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council, which sets the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce in Australia, approved a proposal allowing producers to be fully certified organic after one year of inspections, providing they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.

For a producer operation it can take up to 3 years of organic management practices to become fully certified organic, depending on the information you can provide (if you can prove the operation has been organically managed for a certain period of time, the duration can be shorter).

«We will look at the soil and microbiology shifts in response to organic management practices to give us some understanding of the health of the system and its environmental impact,» Adams said.

Rodale Institute, in turn, began specific research at the Burkholder's Farm, studying the health of the cows, soil, and milk to see how organic management affects omega - 3, omega - 6 and conjugated linoleic acid levels in the dairy products.

Rodale Institute, in turn, began specific research at the Burkholder's Farm, studying the health of the cows, soil, and milk to see how organic management affects omega - 3, omega - 6 and conjugated linoleic acid levels in the dairy products.

Likewise, land under certified organic management in Africa is expanding.

Land area under organic management in Africa, Asia and Latin America is currently small but increasing rapidly.

Effects of organic management on student achievement.

No - Till and Insectary Strips for Organic Cucumber Production Researchers share organic management tips on maximizing yields, decreasing pest damage, and eliminating wilt

Rodale Institute researchers are working on a collaborative project to rapidly develop organic management techniques for battling the encroaching pest.

Rodale Institute is com - paring two conventional and two organic management strategies, while Blooming Glen is testing only the organic systems.

Under certified organic management natural fertilisers and soil conditioners like minerals and compost are allowed; however David says the trees keep producing bigger and better crops every year without them.

Such a food system has positive effects on important environmental aspects by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing over-fertilisation and use of pesticides, and does not lead to a higher land use despite organic management.

Miller and Rowan (2006) sought to assess certain effects of organic management.

If a producer verifies the property has been under organic management for the previous three years, certified organic status can be granted after the 12 - month In Conversion period.

The Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council (OISCC), which sets the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce in Australia, has approved a proposal allowing producers to be fully certified organic after one year of inspections, providing they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.

The World of Organic Agriculture includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic systems, numbers of farms and other operator types as well as selected market data.

Many of the varieties they offer were actually bred on their farm for delicious flavor, appearance, and agronomic performance under organic management and in northern climates with shorter growing seasons.

Because of the limitations of breeding and organic management, wild harvested aquatic organisms from the ocean are sold with Marine Stewardship Council certification rather than an organic label.

Breeds that worked under a conventional system won't necessarily stand up under organic management, which, without synthetic drugs and pesticides, needs plants and animals to hold their own.

Producers could be fully certified after just one year of inspections, if they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.

Organic agriculture brings several environmental benefits but the question arises on the threshold for converting land to organic management.

Available data demonstrate that organic management of rice paddy fields provides optimal foraging areas for birds and is beneficial to many endangered species of birds, such as the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), little egret (Egretta garzetta), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), black - winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) and many others.

Market shares for milk products vary tenfold between Sweden (2 - 3 percent) and Finland (0.2 - 0.3 percent), yet the share of land under organic management is similar.

There seems no obvious relationship between share of organic production as measured in area under organic management and the share of the organic market, in Europe at least37.

Some farmers who prefer to pursue an organic management practice often rely on the use of normal, non-dyed corrugated cardboard for use on seed - beds and vegetable areas.

Reflecting Rowan «s (1990) expectations for organic management under conditions of uncertainty, Tannenbaum also hypothesized that organizational effectiveness will be related to: (a) more democratic, and (b) more polyarchic forms of control.

The conception of collective leadership used for this study overlaps with Rowan «s conception of organic management, defined as follows: 30