Sentences with phrase «organic yield averaged»
Averaged across all crops, organic yield averaged 80 % of conventional yield.
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More than 50 percent of its growth is organic or through referral channels, yielding a 33 percent drop in the average cost of acquiring a customer, from $ 30 to $ 20, in the past six months.
During a 5 - year period between 1988 and 1998 when total rainfall from April to August was less than 14 inches (compared to 20 inches in normal years), average organic corn yields were 31 % greater than conventional system.
The average yields of organic small farmers are 329 kg / ha.
On the other hand, organic crop yields in developing countries may be considerably higher than the national average, which has implications on organic matter return and carbon sinks102.
Because organic agriculture produces on average only half the yield of crops per unit of land as conventional farming, any mass conversion to organic would end up using much more land.
Over 2 decades, the average crop yield was about 20 % lower in the organic plots, the team reports in the 31 May issue of Science.
During a 5 - year period between 1988 and 1998 when total rainfall from April to August was less than 14 inches (compared to 20 inches in normal years), average organic corn yields were 31 % greater than conventional system.