Sentences with phrase «under organic production»

Perhaps most distressingly, some of the healthiest foods on the planet yielded comparatively poorly under organic production: 42 percent lower for blueberries, 23 percent lower for broccoli, and almost 40 percent lower for tomatoes.

Hidemichi Sato, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan, mentioned government commitment to increasing the land under organic production.

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[25] However, under US federal organic standards, if pests and weeds are not controllable through management practices, nor via organic pesticides and herbicides, «a substance included on the National List of synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production may be applied to prevent, suppress, or control pests, weeds, or diseases.»

The policies are timely as the National Organic Standards Board meeting begins today, Tuesday, October 31 in Jacksonville, Florida and a highly contentious topic regarding whether hydroponic production will be allowed under the organic standards will be discussed.

(c) In lieu of accreditation under paragraph (a) of this section, USDA will accept a foreign certifying agent's accreditation to certify organic production or handling operations if:

Babik, I.; Babik, J. and Kaniszewski, S. (2010) Production of organic cucumbers under different fertilization and soil mulching.

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The rules introduced by the 2007 regulation are more flexible than the previous set - up, under which organic goods could be imported from outside the EU only if they were EU - certified, their production was monitored by the EU countries and an import licence had been issued.

Allowed Inputs are agricultural products registered and recognised for allowed use in organic production systems under the Australian Organic Standard.

An exception is made for harvest of breeding stock and where replacement animals are not technically possible from organic sources — in this case they must be maintained under organic conditions for at least two - thirds of the production cycle before they are sold as organic.

USDA National Organic Program: «A variety of methods used to genetically modify organisms or influence their growth and development by means that are not possible under natural conditions or processes and are not considered compatible with organic production, (are not allowed).

However, higher labour requirements may be expected on organic farms under European conditions14 due to a higher share in the production of labour intensive crops (e.g. vegetables) and on - farm marketing and processing activities.

Under Mediterranean conditions in Italy, a 25 percent higher efficiency in organic wheat and an 81 percent higher efficiency in organic vineyard production systems were found12.

The Colombian - based DAABON Group, an early pioneer in organic palm, banana and coffee farming and production, has become the first company in the world to become certified under the RSPO NEXT scheme operated by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

In the early 1970s, almost all coffee production in El Salvador was under shade and most of it was organic.

Adding crop, pasture and rangeland together gives a total area under certified organic production, in 1997, of around 0.2 percent of United States agricultural land16.

In Japan, according to an undated International Trade Center report, the area of organic production in 2000 amounted to a mere 1 000 ha, just 0.02 percent of the total area under production.

Farmers carrying out organic cotton production are supported by the Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa (EPOPA) under the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA).

They vary from formal to informal and from focusing on local meats to a specific style of meat production such as organic or grass - fed as listed under «Documents» section at the bottom of the page.

Under the previous government's Organic Action Plan, efforts were made to support conversion to organic production and research in organic methods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated certification standards for organic production under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act in 1990, but as organic farming moved toward large corporate operations the use of USDA - recommended practices had declined.

The Johnsons had to sell their crops at lower, nonorganic prices, and to get their farm meet organic standards again, had to burn their fields, plow under soybeans and take their fields out of production, the Star Tribune reports.

Cells increased inorganic carbon content and calcification rate under warm and acidified conditions compared with ambient conditions, whereas organic carbon content and primary production did not show any change.