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Organic farming

About: Organic farming is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7254 publications have been published within this topic receiving 138030 citations. The topic is also known as: pertanian organik & organic farming.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed factors determining the choice between standard and organic farming technology in Finland by numerically iterating a Bellman equation backwards in time and found that decreasing output prices and increasing direct subsidies trigger the switch to organic farming.
Abstract: This paper analyses factors determining the choice between standard and organic farming technology in Finland by numerically iterating a Bellman equation backwards in time. The unknown parameters of a switching-type Probit model are estimated by maximum likelihood estimation. The maximised values of the uncertain revenue streams are stimulated. The results suggest that decreasing output prices and increasing direct subsidies trigger the switch to organic farming. The switch is also more likely on farms having large land areas and low yields. Intensive livestock production and labour-intensive production decrease the probability of switching to organic farming.

180 citations

01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the differences between organic farming and conventional farming, given that in 2012 more and more opting for agriculture "bio" or "eco" as they are called now.
Abstract: In Romania, organic farming has gained more ground being desired, today, by all farmers and also consumers. Most want healthy products without added different chemicals, no additives or pesticides, which could endanger their lives. In this paper discusses the differences between organic farming and conventional farming, given that in 2012 more and more opting for agriculture "bio" or "eco" as they are called now. Even if you do not get the same products as in conventional agriculture issues, the organic agriculture worth because the products have taste, natural color and can be collected at maturity without any problem. Organic farming and organic products that are increasingly used and required both nationally and internationally, being regarded as an opportunity for Romanian export of organic products. As a main conclusion, it is considered that this agriculture could help protect the environment, biodiversity and lead to develop country bringing high-income if the standards are observed.

180 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the economic and ecological benefits of these ecosystem services on farmland in general and its linkages with organic agriculture, and the provision of ES on farmland may help to motivate the redesign of small-scale farms using new eco-technologies based on novel and sound ecological knowledge, which has potential to meet the food demand of growing population without damaging human health and the environment.

179 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of soil cultivation on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities in organically managed clay soils of a long-term field experiment located in the Sissle valley (Frick, Switzerland) where two different tillage (reduced and conventional mouldboard plough tillage) and two different types of fertilization (farmyard manure & slurry, or slurry only) have been applied since 2002.
Abstract: Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are strongly affected by land use intensity and soil type. The impact of tillage practices on AMF communities is still poorly understood, especially in organic farming systems. Our objective was to investigate the impact of soil cultivation on AMF communities in organically managed clay soils of a long-term field experiment located in the Sissle valley (Frick, Switzerland) where two different tillage (reduced and conventional mouldboard plough tillage) and two different types of fertilization (farmyard manure & slurry, or slurry only) have been applied since 2002. In addition, a permanent grassland and two conventionally managed croplands situated in the neighborhood of the experiment were analyzed as controls. Four different soil depths were studied including top-soils (0–10 and 10–20 cm) of different cultivation regimes and undisturbed sub-soils (20–30 and 30–40 cm). The fungi were directly isolated from field soil samples, and additionally spores were periodically collected from long-term trap culture (microcosm) systems. In total, >50,000 AMF spores were identified on the species level, and 53 AMF species were found, with 38 species in the permanent grassland, 33 each in the two reduced till organic farming systems, 28–33 in the regularly plowed organic farming systems, and 28–33 in the non-organic conventional farming systems. AMF spore density and species richness increased in the top-soils under reduced tillage as compared to the ploughed plots. In 10–20 cm also the Shannon–Weaver AMF diversity index was higher under reduced tillage than in the ploughed plots. Our study demonstrates that AMF communities in clay soils were affected by land use type, farming system, tillage as well as fertilization strategy and varying with soil depth. Several AMF indicator species especially for different land use types and tillage strategies were identified from the large data set.

178 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of the development of organic farming in eighteen European countries is presented, emphasizing the need for a distinct organic farming identity and suggesting that the growth in European organic farming is neither explained by political support nor by pure market forces.
Abstract: Organic farming has experienced a major break through in Europe during the 1990s. The suggestion here, is to see it as an implantation of post-modernist values into agriculture and as representing a break in the agriculture self-rule,which developed during the 20th century. This rather unusual situation needs an open theoretical framework. Such a framework is suggested. It focuses on institutionalization and combines institutional theory with social movement theory and theory of coalition making. The need for a non-deterministic view on organic farming development is further justified by referring to a comparative analysis of the development of organic farming in eighteen European countries. It emphasizes the need for a distinct organic farming identity and suggests that the growth in European organic farming is neither explained by political support nor by pure market forces. Rather organic farming growth is promoted through a continuous series of initiatives originating in different parts of society.

176 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023342
2022687
2021376
2020388
2019362
2018390