Sentences with phrase «synthetic fertiliser use»

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The term organic refers to an ecological and sustainable farm management system that prohibits the use of genetic engineering, synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, antibiotics and artificial growth hormones.

Organic cotton production uses no synthetic chemicals or fertilisers and less water and energy than its conventional counterpart.

The 157 - hectare property of rich, red volcanic soil has been tilled for more than a century, with synthetic fertilisers first used in the 1960s.

They don't use GM seed or synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers.

«With organic certification, not only has the bean grown on farms that don't use synthetic pesticides, fertilisers and GM, but farmers also have fair working conditions.

While national data for environmental performance is limited and difficult to quantify, the research team were able to plot investment in two key agri - environment schemes, land «retirement» for conservation and limiting fertiliser use, against national trends for farmland bird populations and emissions from synthetic fertiliser across landmasses including the US, Canada, Australia and Europe.

With traditional farming practices, the use of synthetic chemical fertilisers and pesticides can often lead to serious groundwater pollution.

They comment that the use of organically grown wheat does require 65 % more land area than conventional methods, but this is mainly because of the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides and the subsequent higher yields in the conventional system.