1. Family managed farming, organic and conventional, is in crisis in many areas because policy makers and the general public do not know what values would be lost if industrial agriculture swept the ...

Organic farming, in general, is more profitable than conventional farming. This is the conclusion of a paper published by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in 2009. The author, Noémi Nemes, ...

The Purdue Extension Organic Agriculture program coordinates extension and collaborative research programs in organic agriculture in Indiana. County educators work with the organic agriculture ...

An immediate goal is to develop and test the practical and economic impacts of alternative soil, and crop management strategies for pesticide-free farming systems, and the feasibility of organic crops ...

Wildlife in rivers is protected. Productivity is lower on organic farms. ADVANTAGES Chemical-free food grown to meet consumer demands. DISADVANTAGES More labour intensive – it takes the farmer ...

Report Ocean, a leading strategic consulting, and Market research firm, in its recent study, estimated Global Organic Soil Amendments Market size by value at USD 5,022.60 million in 2023. During the ...

Almost 400 pesticides are used in conventional farming, but only 26 have been approved for organic farming.So why are many non-organic farmers happy to use chemical pesticides? They all undergo a ...

Soon, other towns and villages in Andhra Pradesh started practicing natural farming. In the Krishna District of the state, Narala Rajashekhar Reddy became an organic farmer two years ago after ...

A new study suggests that a switch to 100% organic food production in England and Wales would see an overall increase in greenhouse gas emissions. While going fully organic would produce fewer ...

Everdale’s mission is to be a farm-based organization that provides hands-on, solution-based food and farming education to build and engage healthy local communities. Everdale offers: Kwantlen ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Research provides a deeper understanding of precisely what is happening in organic solar cells as light is converted into electricity. Researchers developed a new method which ...