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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"organic farming"”.
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Organic farming: science and ideology in a technological dispute
… seeks to explain the controversy over organic farming. The organic movement is seen as a challenge to “technological” or “conventional” farming on a number of planes—political, ideological, scientific. The empirical thrust is to investigate the extent ideology might be an explanatory …
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The importance of agricultural infrastructure to transformation to organic farming in Libya.
… infrastructure to the development of organic farming in Libya is receiving considerable attention from policy makers in view of its potential in contributing to economic development. There is a vital role for agricultural infrastructure in promoting organic farming development in …
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Ecological modernisation and organic farming: a comparative assessment between UK and the state of Karnataka (India)
Organic farming is an environmentally friendly farming that has become a flourishing business. It uses eco-friendly technologies to cater to the needs of the affluent society’s world over. The use of modern technology is combined with environmental bureaucratic standards in a capitalist market to …
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Exploring the Dynamics of Decision-Making in an Organic Farming Cooperative Amidst Competing Frames of Sustainability
… decision-making practices used by Blue Mountain Organic Vegetables limited the organization's capacity to develop a learning culture, created divisions among stakeholders and did not empower stakeholders with commitment to, and responsibility for SDAO decision-making. Consequently, Blue Mountain …
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ORGANIC IS MORE OF AN AMERICAN TERM--WE ARE TRADITIONAL FARMERS': DISCOURSES OF PLACE-BASED ORGANIC FARMING, COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY
The following study looks at how traditional, organic, cooperative farmers who are starting a new farming cooperative in the Albuquerque South Valley in New Mexico communicate about their farming as a set of (sustainable) cultural practices. The study draws on environmental communication theories, …
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Risk and Farmers' Decisions to Farm Organically: The Case of Devon (UK)
Over the past few decades, the organic sector in most developed countries has flourished. Growth in the sector has been paralleled by a substantial amount of research on several arenas (sec Cobb et al. 1999; Robles et al. 2005; Jackson and Lampkin 2008; Lobley et al. 2009c; among others). Reasons …
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Future sustainability of organic vegetable production in the UK: perception of the growers
… out to investigate future sustainability of organic vegetable production in the UK based on perception of the vegetable growers. The objectives were to determine the economic and social sustainability of organic vegetables production and to examine whether there are any relationships between …
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Examining the spatial influences of natural capital in the Australian agricultural landscape
… spatial influences on the adoption of certified organic farming (which is used as a proxy indicator of natural capital conservation technologies) at a regional level in Australia using agricultural census data from 2010/11 and 2015/16; 2) the association between the presence of certified organic …
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Transformation towards a more sustainable agricultural system in Indonesia: Empirical essays on the role of information and endorsement
… provision and training for the adoption of organic farming practices in Java, Indonesia. We use a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to identify the impact of a three-day hands-on training in organic farming for smallholder farmers. We find that the training intervention increased the …
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Organic farming in Thailand: case studies on chemical-free vegetable production in Chiangmai, Thailand : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science (International Rural Development) at Lincoln University
… of this study was to examine the outcomes of organic farming, in particular chemical-free vegetable production, in Chiangmai, Thailand. The main objective of the study was to assess the outcomes in terms of the farmers' objectives, economic performance, and other effects from this method of …
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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage
… This concept is applied to the spreading of organic farming in the Lynedoch community and to related activities of the Sustainability Institute.
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Assessing policy and institutional change's influence on alternative agriculture in Zimbabwe since 1980
… alternative agriculture is viewed as the farming for the future for it results in many benefits and is able to address challenges faced by farmers in Zimbabwe due to its holistic approach. It is also viewed as an old form of agriculture practiced before the introduction of Green Revolution …
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Soil erosion and conservation potential of row crop farming in mountainous landscapes of South Korea
… and requires the analysis of the existing farming systems and their capability for erosion control. Objective of this thesis is the analysis of the major agricultural practices applied for row crop cultivation in mountainous watersheds of South Korea with respect to water erosion and the …
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Economic Feasibility of Sub-surfaced Poultry Litter
… basis and especially so in situations where organic farming practices are targeted. With a longer interval between litter application, enhanced annual capacity utilization of the applicator, and a good match between nutrient needs of crops fertilized and litter nutrient content, the tool …
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La gestión del riesgo y las políticas de cambio climático en la agricultura ecológica
… y las estrategias de mitigación. Abstract Organic farming represents an already consolidated model which has a great potential development, since they constitute a productive system that fits perfectly in the political directions of future for the agricultural sector. Organic farming is …
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Adopting Organic Agriculture in British Columbia as an Established Pathway to Regenerative Agriculture
Organic agriculture is increasingly touted as an ecologically superior farming method, and as such, a pathway towards regenerative agriculture. This study is situated in British Columbia, where demand for organic produce continues to grow, yet local adoption of organic agriculture remains limited. …
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