The paper presents species richness and composition of arable weed vegetation in the region West Bohemia (Czech Republic) different types farming (conventional organic) grown crops (winter spring cereals, wide-row crops). During field survey years 2007 to 2017, 105 phytocoenological relevés were recorded. average one relevé was significantly higher organic farming, as well total cover. lowest f...

Equally effective way to achieve sustainable farming and the challenge set by European Commission on 20 May 2020: proper crop rotation thus reduction of quantity on-farm chemicals. Long-term stationary field experiments were established in 1966 at Vytautas Magnus University Experimental Station (54°53? N, 23°50? E). The study was conducted with intensive, three-course, row crops, for green manu...

Intensive shrimp (Penaeus monodon) production system is relatively new in Bangladesh, and has not yet been adequately described or its viability assessed. The aims of this study were to characterize, assess the economic performance identify challenges for intensive farming Bangladesh. A survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire enumerated between October 2016 June 2017 with 53 farme...

Farming is an important and key factor for the economy of developing countries. Since last several years, farmers once again welcomed many traditional farming systems to get crop yield for completion of food requirement. Although, traditional techniques are not much sufficient in new agriculture world because farming is getting new challenges from biotic and abiotic factors. New techniques and ...

Organic farming provides many benefits in Indonesia: it can improve soil quality, food quality and soil carbon sequestration. This study was designed to compare soil carbon sequestration levels between conventional and organic rice farming fields in west Java, Indonesia. The results from soil analysis indicate that organic farming leads to soil with significantly higher soil carbon storage capa...

In a recent essay published in the prestigious series of readings in ethics issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations David Fraser discusses the relationship between animal welfare and modern, intensive animal production. His main view is that it is possible to uphold a decent level of animal welfare within intensive animal production and that the best way to promote...

Intensive livestock production in the UK is spatially concentrated certain counties where its proliferation has triggered increasing controversy over multiple impacts and externalities. Planning authorities have struggled to handle contestation within a policy void weakened institutional context, under influence of longstanding agricultural hegemony which normalises intensive farming. In first ...