Increasing concerns regarding the status of the environment and food quality contribute to an increasing demand for agricultural products produced by organic agriculture (OA). About 1.6% of the global agricultural land area is currently managed by OA practices. In the twentieth century, pioneers such...
Chart: Just over half (56 percent) of organic food sales in the United States are for crops; the rest (44 percent) cover livestock, poultry, and related products. Drawn by explainthatstuff.com using data from the [PDF] US Department of Agriculture, October 2017 (latest data as of May ...
Organic agriculture is one of the best developed multifunctional production strategies in agriculture, and yet is not widely understood in terms of its full potential for contributing to food security, economic development, and environmental health. This special edition of the journal Sustainable Agricult...
Whilst several synthetic active ingredients are available in the conventional production, these are not allowed in organic agriculture, except for certain copper products, the use of which is considered to be traditional organic practice. In most countries copper fungicides can be used in organic crop...
However, in a recent study involving the use of a Commamonas sp.–alfalfa system to remediate a soil artificially polluted with 4-chloro- nitrobenzene (Liu et al., 2007), the structure of the Amarger N. (2002). Genetically modified bacteria in agriculture. Biochimie 84: 1061–1072. Barns...
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While a growing body of research explores the impact of normative and environmental extrinsic factors on food consumption quantity, less attention is given to the intrinsic cues, or sensory properties, of the food being consumed. Our research contributes to this growing literature by examining the ef...
These areas are 1) Taking action on climate change & forests 2) Championing sustainable agriculture, f ocused land use & livelihoods 3) Improving health & wellbeing & 4) Improving livelihoods & empowering women. We also provide a progress summary annually on our website for st...
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Elsewhere in the value chain only [Agriculture/Forestry/processing/manufacturing/Distribution only] No C-AC0.6f/C-FB0.6f/C-PF0.6f (C-AC0.6f/C-FB0.6f/C-PF0.6f) Why are emissions from distribution activities within your direct operations not relevant to your current CDP climate change disclosur...