Download or read book The Impacts of a Large scale Conversion to Organic Agriculture in England and Wales written by Laurence Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Converting to Organic Farming written by Nicolas Lampkin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present methods in cereal and livestock farming are discussed and practical guidelines on soil fertility, manure management, rotation, weed, disease and pest control, livestock husbandry and economic implications of changing to an organic system are inventarised and explained
Download or read book Sustainable Farmland Management written by Robert Fish and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the relationship between sustainability and farmland management in differing temporal, spatial and production contexts, this book considers farmland multifunctionality, systems and systemic thinking, debate over information and knowledge, and ethical aspects. It suggests productive ways of proceeding to enhance integrated thinking on the subject, and will be essential reading for researchers and students in agriculture, rural studies, environmental management, geography, sociology, ecology and conservation.
Download or read book Sustainable Intensification written by Jules N. Pretty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
Download or read book Organic Agriculture written by Acram Taji and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With global revenue surpassing twenty-five billion dollars annually, organic agriculture is a highly visible and rapidly growing component of agricultural production. In Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective, Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, and John Reganold, and their international group of contributors scientifically review key aspects of organic agriculture. At the intersection of research, education, and practice, the contributors look at the organic agricultural movement’s successes and limitations. The first half of this book critically evaluates the agricultural production of both plants and livestock in organic farming systems. All major aspects of organic agriculture are explored, including historical background and underlying principles, soil-fertility management, crop and animal production, breeding strategies, and crop protection. This global and comprehensive overview also addresses the economic, social, and political aspects of organic farming. These include economics and marketing; standards and certification; environmental impacts and social responsibility; and research, education, and extension. The book is a unique and timely science-based international work documenting current practices in organic agriculture and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. For more than two decades, research into organic methods by mainstream scientists has generated a large body of information that can now be integrated and used for assessing the actual impacts of organic farming in a wide range of disciplines. The knowledge of selected international experts has been combined in one volume, providing a comprehensive review of organic farming globally. Researchers, teachers, extensionists, students, primary producers and others around the world who are interested in sustainable agriculture will find this book to be a valuable and reliable resource.
Download or read book The World of Organic Agriculture written by Minou Yussefi-Menzler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It 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, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL
Download or read book The Living Earth written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crop Protection in Organic and Low Input Agriculture written by R. J. Unwin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Organic Farming written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Agriculture Committee and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Agriculture Committee report is concerned with finding answers to the technical problem of how to increase UK production of organic food to meet the existing, rising demand and with the question of appropriate Government support for organic farming. It is not concerned with the promotion of organic farming as a public good. The report examines and makes recommendations on: the expansion of organic farming and the demand for organically produced foods in the UK; the supply chain and the role of supermarkets and producer-owned co-operatives; the system for certifying organic products and for setting standards; the role of Government in supporting organic farming through direct financial assistance and through indirect means such as research and development or training. The Committee has reservations about the claims made for organics and recommends that that claims can be tested and verified in order that consumers really know what they are buying. Clear standards are necessary. The Committee regards it as critical that supermarkets, which will be the main distribution channel for organic produce, are involved in the design of and are encouraged to co-fund future initiatives to further organic conversion. The report stresses the need for organic and conventional agriculture to be interdependent, it being unlikely that organic farming can ever provide the amount of food needed for the whole country. The best of both techniques should be used to ensure the greatest benefits for farmers, consumers and the wider community. The Committee views it as essential that, before determining how best to offer financial assistance, the Government should be clear as to the rationale for doing so and the objectives it wishes to achieve through this expenditure. These objectives must be tightly defined and made public. Finally, the report states that the Committee is not in favour of a dirigiste approach to agriculture in the UK. Agriculture must respond to the market place and farmers need to adopt clear plans that will allow it to do so, particularly the organic sector. "The past perhaps belonged to messianics: the future belongs to marketing".
Download or read book The Economic Implications of Conversion from Conventional to Organic Farming Systems written by Nicolas Lampkin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thesis case studies of four farms over a period of four to ten years are used to examine the extent of financial difficulties during the conversion period to ecological agriculture, and the results are placed in the context of other studies and models of the conversion process. Policies to overcome some of the barriers to conversion are discussed, and future research needs inventorized. A comprehensive bibliography is included
Download or read book Advances in Agronomy written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in Advances in Agronomy contains seven outstanding reviews that discuss cutting edge developments in the crop and soil sciences. Chapter 1 addresses desertification and its relation to climate change. Chapter 2 discusses fate and transport of viruses in porous media. Chapter 3 is a comprehensive treatment of the future needs of root water and nutrient uptake modeling. Chapter 4 is a review on micronutrients in crop production, including a discussion on improving the supply and acquisition. Chapter 5 provides information on soils in tropical and temperate regions. Chapter 6 desribes free-air CO2 enrichment in agriculture. Lastly, chapter 7 discusses break crops and their application in organic agriculture.Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source of the latest and best research in agronomy. Major reviews deal with cutting edge issues of interest to agronomists, as well as crop and soil scientists. As always, the topics covered are varied and exemplary of the panoply of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. Donald Sparks is the editor and has been a president of the Soil Science Society of America.Advances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture. The Science Citation Index, 1986, reports an impact factor over 2,459 and a cited half-life over 10 years.
Download or read book Organic Farming Systems in England and Wales written by Anne Vine and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Changing World of Farming in Brexit UK written by Matt Lobley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2016 referendum resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union. This has led to frenzied political debate across the whole spectrum of policy, and agriculture is no exception. For the first time in a generation, the future of agriculture is unclear and unfettered by the constraints and incrementalism of the Common Agricultural Policy. This book makes an empirical contribution to the Brexit debate, bringing a social dimension to agri-Brexit and sustainable agriculture discourses. Understanding the social in the context of farmers is vital to developing a way forward on food security and agricultural sustainability. Farmers are the recipients of the market and policy signals that link to global uncertainties and challenges. This book is a commitment to understanding farmers as occupiers and managers of land. Chapters in this book explore farmers’ own aspirations and knowledge about patterns of land use and production, which underpin discussions around the environment and sustainability. There is a deficit in understanding what kind of agricultural industry we now have, following years of restructuring and repositioning. This book is an attempt to address that deficit and will appeal to students and researchers exploring agriculture, food politics and rural sociology.
Download or read book Ecology and Farming written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Human Impact on the Natural Environment written by Andrew S. Goudie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of this classic student text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms and the atmosphere. It also looks into the future and considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Extensively re-written, it contains many new statistical tables, figures, and references. It is essential reading for undergraduates in geography and environmental science, and for those who want a thorough, wide-ranging and balanced overview of the impacts of humans upon natural processes and systems from the Stone Age to the Anthropocene and who wish to understand the major environmental issues that concern the human race at the present time. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/goudiehumanimpact.
Download or read book Effects of Organic Farming on the Landscape written by Great Britain. Countryside Commission and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farm level physical and financial aspects of conversion to organic farming written by Centre for Organic Husbandry and Agroecology and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
