Sentences with phrase «use of chemical fertilisers»

Better use of chemical fertilisers could improve crop yields while reducing emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Our birds eat Certified Organic feed, without the use of chemical fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides.

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We do not use artificial fertilisers and chemicals, and also limit nitrogen use and maintain a natural balance of insects and beneficial organisms above and below ground.

The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are the former's extensive restriction of the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; its hostility to the agricultural application of biotechnology; its rejection of the routine use of pharmaceuticals on livestock; its attention to animal welfare; and its focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological diversity as alternatives to chemicals.

Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers.

By not using chemical fertilisers and pesticides, they are rejecting the significant amount of greenhouse gases used to produce them.

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