To address this, four studies were carried out at ICAR Sikkim Centre, Gangtok, India to evaluate relative performance of local organic cultivars and conventionally bred varieties under an organic farming system. Conventionally bred varieties yielded significantly higher (45%) than ...
soil organic mattercarbon farmingThis paper presents an overview of the literature research on the benefits of biocarbon (biochar) as an important part of sustainable agriculture and carbon farming. The main objective was to familiarise the reader with the literature findings on the effects of ...
Organizations processing organic farming products in Poland were chosen for the study. Findings: Three primary benefits associated with external audits and official controls were identified, i.e. (1) enabling and initiating activities related to the improvement of the organization, ...
Bacteriological Testing Of Milk For Regulatory Purposes-Usefulness Of Current Procedures And Recommendations For Change: II. Bacteriological Testing Of Raw Milk For Regulatory Purposesalternative farming, organic productionWhile routine bacteriological tests afford virtually no protection against milk-borne ...
human nutrition, family and consumer science, alternative farming, organic production, food scienceProper pasteurization and elimination of contamination subsequent to heat treatment suffice to ensure the consumer a milk supply that is free from pathogens and which has good shelf life. Bacterial plate ...
alternative farming, organic productionThe present systems for bacteriological testing of raw milk for quality and regulatory purposes are briefly discussed. Recommendations are made to partially bridge the lack of relationship between test results and farm conditions. These suggestions include: (a) ...
farming. In this scenario, finding new organic manures that are affordable and environmentally benign is crucial. To the best of our knowledge, the information on the use of organic fertilizers for improving the nutritional status of brinjal is still lacking. It was hypothesized for the present ...