Sustainability is de®ned as the ability of a system to `continue'. In view of this de®nition, several aspects of the crop protection activity in organic farming are reviewed according to their ability to `continue'. As no absolute measure of sustainability is available, this analysis takes the form of a comparison between organic and conventional crop protection methods. Two elements of crop pr...

During the last century, the changing forms of agriculture drastically influenced many native plant and animal populations. In the efforts to reduce these negative impacts on biodiversity, a number of agricultural enterprises began farming in a more environmentally friendly ways; in addition to conventional farm management, new forms of integrated and organic farming appeared, the latter having...

Urban and peri-urban livestock farming in developing countries plays an important role in food security in cities; however it brings with it zoonotic risks. The present study was conducted to identify the most important livestock farming-related zoonotic diseases among the human population in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda and to assess the risks from such farming. A framework fo...

Abstract Characteristics of farmers show the performance in running better and more sustainable farming. This study aims to analyze farmer characteristics’ effect on Arabica coffee farmers’ North Toraja Regency. used a survey method with quantitative descriptive approach. research was conducted Regency March 2022. The characteristics analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. Investiga...

This paper discusses the significance of voluntary arrangements for the water and agricultural policies in the European Union. The current implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) require new approaches in water management. As many case studies have shown, co-operative agreements (CAs) between water companies, farmers ...

Understanding the evidence-based factors that influence adoption of organic farming yields benefits in terms managing said effectively. We searched relevant articles published databases including Web Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Google. The inclusion criteria were as follows: original article; journals, proceedings, or dissertations; full article publication; between 1999 2021; ...

This study examines the capacity strengthening status for improving livelihood of fish farmers Muktagacha upazila (sub-district) Bangladesh. A mix method research design was used to collect data from 70 area. Nine selected demographic characteristics respondents were age, level education, household size, farm farming experience, training received on farming, access credit, extension media conta...

Acknowledgement We at the NAVDANYA wish to acknowledge the farmers contributions who for centuries have grown and conserved diversity in their fields. In particular, we want to thank all those farmers who, through their participation in our conservation efforts are in effect co-authors of this work and are changing India's farm destiny to one of hope and health. Publication of this volume has b...

Organic farming is a promising agricultural method with positive effects on the human ecological and social environment. Governments have taken over a major role in defining organic farming by creating legal standards. Many countries all over the world have estabChristian R. Vogl is affiliated with the Institute for Organic Farming, University for Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BO...