Organic farming is characterized by several goals that are expressed in daily practices and in standards. Some of the important goals for organic production systems are naturalness, harmony on all levels of production, local recycling of resources, and the principle of precaution (Anonymous, 2002). For organic herds, good animal welfare is an explicit goal, and this includes that the overall go...

Cotton production in China has developed rapidly during the last 60 years. Using only 15% of the world’s cotton land, China currently has produced 30% of the world's cotton. Such a great achievement is largely attributed to adoption of intensive farming technologies and cultural practices, including seedling transplanting, plastic mulching, double cropping, plant pruning, and super-high plant d...

This paper investigates the relationship between use of digital and non-digital sources information on sustainable farming practices, institutional pressure adoption such practices by farmers in Brazilian semi-arid lands. The research uses a model based theory reasoned action (TRA) theory. Our results for sample 100 show that ‘Coercive’ ‘Normative’ pressures have positive impact farmers’ attitu...

The sustainability level of current rice farming practices in Thailand was assessed based on in-field data from interviewing 2000 farmers covering six varieties and their different production systems. Data were collected farmers’ characteristics activities according to the 41 requirements Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard. SRP scores ranged 53 81%, with best performance by Khao Dawk Mali...

Rice production in the Central Plains of Thailand plays a key role country’s food security. However, overuse inputs coupled with rising costs are making it increasingly difficult for smallholder rice farming to remain economically and environmentally sustainable. Replicated production-scale field trials Cost Reduction Operating Principles (CROP)—Thailand’s national package best management pract...

integrated rice-fish farming requires very little input and provides off season employment tofarm labors. it has been observed that combination of rice and fish farming is mutuallybeneficial. although, in implementation, it can be faced with several challenges and it demandssome requirements. so, this study was conducted to identify challenges and requirements ofintegrated rice-fish farming in ...

Coastal agriculture is vulnerable to climate change, thereby may affect food production systems and security in Bangladesh. Methane (CH4) emission from coastal wetlands rice farming a major environmental concern due its global warming potential. Therefore, field experiments were conducted at the southern region of Shyamnagar, Satkhira, investigate feasibility Rice-Shrimp Rice-Crabs mixed for ad...

This paper identified the factors influencing the rice crop residue burning decision of the farmers and the potential of the burnt residue to generate electricity. For this study, data were collected from 400 farmers in the rice-wheat cropping system. Effects of different variables on the burning decision of rice residue are investigated through logit model. A number of factors had significant ...