Possibilities and Challenges on Organic Agriculture
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Organic agriculture: opportunities and challenges
The tradition in agriculture has been to maximize production and minimize the cost of food with little regard to impacts on the environment and the services it provides to society. As the world enters an era in which global food production is likely to double, it is critical that agricultural practices be modified to minimize environmental impacts even though many such practices are likely to i...
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عنوان ژورنال: TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1884-7080,1342-3363
DOI: 10.5363/tits.9.2_70