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Journal articles on the topic "Organic farming product"
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Dobrovolska, Olena, and José Manuel Recio Espejo. "Institutional support for the organic farming development – a conceptual framework." Environmental Economics 9, no. 4 (2019): 50–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.09(4).2018.05.
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Realization of agricultural production complying with the sustainable development principles has resulted in a separate direction – organic farming. Its big difference from all other economy sectors is in its dependence on the natural and climatic conditions. Therefore, agricultural production has a dual nature, namely it depends on the environment health on the one hand, and, on the other hand, directly affects this health through the use of technologies that can both improve and substantially worsen the environmental situation. The institutional support for the organic farming is of great importance. This issue is relevant for scientists from countries, where organic farming is actively developing. In Ukraine, this is also a topical issue. The paper presents a conceptual framework of institutional support for the organic farming development, which includes elements such as state regulation, self-regulation, objects and subjects of organic farming, as well as an organic product market. Legal, informational, infrastructure and financial directions of ensuring the development of organic farming are also defined. The essence of each element is revealed. The main indicators of the organic farming development in Ukraine are analyzed, i.e. the organic farming areas, their proportion in agricultural lands, the number of producers, the volume of the organic market, the volume of organic consumption per capita, as well as the share of domestic organic land in the world's territory. A correlation analysis based on data from the largest world market of the USA made it possible to determine the factors that have the greatest impact on the development of the organic agricultural sector. The number of organic producers is statistically significant, and the share of land in the organic farming does not have a significant impact on the organic product consumption. At the same time, this can be seen from the point of view that the more producers will offer their products, the more saturated the market will be, and therefore the level of the organic products coverage can be greater.
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Nandwani, Dilip, Dinesh Jamarkattel, Khem Raj Dahal, Ritikshya Poudel, Suman Giri, and Toya Nath Joshi. "Attitudes of Fruit and Vegetable Farmers towards Organic Farming in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (2021): 3888. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073888.
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Organic farming is increasingly popular among the farmers of Kathmandu valley. However, the organic growers have been facing issues in production, organic certification, and product marketing. To date, little is known about the challenges faced by the organic growers in Kathmandu valley. This study aimed to explore the status of organic farming, attitudes of farmers towards organic farming, their suggestions for improvement, and strengthening the value chain of organic products. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Lalitpur, Nepal during December 2019 with 37 organic growers directly or indirectly involved in organic farming. The results showed that organic growers face challenges in marketing and institutional recognition. Challenges in product certification and marketing were reported by 45.95% of the total interviewed organic growers while following organic practices (transitional organic). Our study suggested that reducing the cost of production through easy access to organic inputs like organic seeds, fertilizers, and biopesticides are highly desired by the growers. Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) or group certification along with collective marketing could be the policy implications to address the issues. Organic farming in Kathmandu valley is limited to a niche market; however, due to increasing consumer demand for safe, fresh, and local food, the popularity of organic products is extending to other regions within the country.
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Redlichová, Radka, Gabriela Chmelíková, Ivana Blažková, Eliška Svobodová, and Inez Naaki Vanderpuje. "Organic Food Needs More Land and Direct Energy to Be Produced Compared to Food from Conventional Farming: Empirical Evidence from the Czech Republic." Agriculture 11, no. 9 (2021): 813. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11090813.
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This study investigated direct energy consumption and land performance under two different methods of farming—organic and conventional. The aim of our study was to examine the performance of farmers in the Czech Republic and identify the differences between organic and conventional farming regarding food safety and direct energy consumption. Based on the data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network of the EU, we measured the performance of both organic and conventional farmers in terms of product per unit of land and direct energy consumption per unit of product regarding the natural condition of the farm localization. Our findings show that organic farms produce lower output with less direct energy per unit of land; however, they need more direct energy for one unit of production. We found that a product from organic agriculture consumes 1.7-fold greater direct energy than a conventional product. The worse the natural conditions for farming, the broader the difference between organic and conventional regimes regarding their performance and energy consumption. Our conclusions may help shape agricultural policy in the Czech Republic, where organic farming is receiving systematic political support, leading to an increase in the proportion of organically farmed arable land.
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Mazurek-Kusiak, Anna, Bogusław Sawicki, and Agata Kobyłka. "Contemporary Challenges to the Organic Farming: A Polish and Hungarian Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (2021): 8005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13148005.
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From year to year, there is an increasing demand for agricultural produce from certified organic farms. However, Poland and Hungary’s demand for this product is almost twenty times smaller than in Western European countries. The greater the demand by consumers for organic farming products, the more agricultural producers decide to switch from conventional farming to organic farming, and this farming is more environmentally friendly because it uses energy and natural resources responsibly, maintains biodiversity, maintains regional ecological balance, improves soil food, and maintains good water quality. This research aimed to compare the motives and barriers to running organic farms in Poland and Hungary, and the challenges farmers must face to undertake the trouble of running an organic farm. The research was carried out among 400 Polish and 400 Hungarian farmers running organic farms. For statistical calculations, discriminant analysis, as well as single-base and chain indices, were used. The main barriers for establishing organic farms: the necessity to adapt one’s farm to the EU requirements, using only natural fertilizers, low yields, the lack of proper advice, and a high degree of bureaucracy. Therefore, for organic farming to develop, further education is needed, both for farmers and consumers. An important aspect is improving the quality of the regulations and simplifying the administrative burden related to organic farming.
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Dudar, Volodymyr. "Competitive advantages of organic product features from the marketing perspective." Herald of Ternopil National Economic University, no. 1(91) (January 1, 2019): 131–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/visnyk2019.01.131.
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The research problem for this study is to provide an overview of competitive advantages of organic agricultural products over conventional agricultural products, and to demonstrate how constant and variable indicators of these advantages work. It is shown that distinguishing features of organic products are essential tools of competition, which are used to identify the difference between organic and conventional products. From the marketing perspective, organic products have been described in three dimensions: design intent of a product; real-life product; product with amplification. The author systematizes internal and external factors which influence how organic agro-food products have an impact on the target market. It is proved that in the process of organic farming, the main factors affecting the products’ properties are the agricultural production environment, soil quality, animal housing conditions, selection of species and varieties of agricultural crops, the level of organization of organic farming, expertise and skills of the agricultural producer.It has been established that in recent years organic production has been balancing on the verge of a rather unstable equilibrium, which, along with purely economic factors (first of all, market conditions), can be destabilized by any serious cataclysm, such as drought, severe frosts, abundant and prolonged precipitation. Adaptation to the climate change requires introducing new management methods and systemic changes in marketing strategies from all agricultural producers as well as organic food chains. Achieving these objectives is possible provided that producers of organic agricultural products use the existing practices and expertise efficiently and invest to innovations to ensure sustainable productivity of agricultural plants and animals for the production of organic products with high qualitative properties.
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Manalu, Vigory Gloriman. "MINAT PEMBELIAN PRODUK ORGANIK DI INDONESIA : THEORY PLANNED BEHAVIOR YANG DIKEMBANGKAN DAN PENGETAHUAN PRODUK ORGANIK." JAS (Jurnal Agri Sains) 4, no. 2 (2020): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.36355/jas.v4i2.415.
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ABSTRAKSaat ini indonesia mencatat luas pertanian organik setiap tahunya mengalami peningkatan namun tidak diiringi dengan operator yang terlibat dalam kegiatan pertanian organik yang sejalan dan cenderung fluktuatif. Di Indonesia, deptartemen pertanian telah mencanangkan program “Go Organik 2010” dimana program tersebut bertujuan agar para petani dan konsumen untuk hidup sehat. Dalam mempengaruhi minat beli produk organik tidaklah mudah dan cenderung rumit sehingga dibutuhkan determinasi pengetahuan (knowledge) produk organik yang harus diberikan kepada konsumen. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara norma subjektif dan sikap pada minat pembelian produk organik dan efek mediasi dengan menggunakan variabel pengetahuan produk ramah lingkungan. Untuk menguji model yang diusulkan, maka pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui kuesioner online dengan menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling. Responden yang dipilih adalah mereka yang pernah membeli dan memiliki keininginan untuk membeli produk pangan organik. Dari kuesioner yang telah terkumpul ada 217 responden yang terkumpul. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel Knowledge of Green Product tidak dapat memediasi hubungan antara norma subjektif dan sikap pada minat pembelian produk organik pada konsumen di Indonesia.Kata kunci: NormaSubjektif, Sikap, Pengetahuan Produk Ramah Lingkungan, Minat Pembelian Produk Organik ABSTRACTCurrently, Indonesia records that the area of organic farming has increased every year, but it is not accompanied by operators involved in organic farming activities which are consistent and tend to fluctuate. In Indonesia, the Department of Agriculture has launched the "Go Organic 2010" program where the program aims to encourage farmers and consumers to live healthily. In influencing the buying interest of organic products is not easy and tends to be complicated, so it takes the determination of the knowledge (knowledge) of organic products that must be given to consumers.This study aims to determine the relationship between subjective norms and attitudes towards purchasing interest in organic products and the effect of mediation by using environmentally friendly product knowledge variables. To test the proposed model, data collection was carried out through an online questionnaire using a purposive sampling approach. Respondents selected are those who have purchased and have the desire to purcahse organic food products. From the questionnaire that has been collected there are 217 respondents who were collected. The results showed that the variable Knowledge of Green Product not mediate the relationship between subjective norms and attitudes towards buying interest in organic products in Indonesian consumers.Keywords: Subjective Norm, Attitude, Knowledeg of Green Product, Green Food Purchase Intention
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Sobocińska, Magdalena, Krystyna Mazurek-Łopacińska, Stanisław Skowron, Andrzej Graczyk, and Karol Kociszewski. "The Role of Marketing in Shaping the Development of the Market of Organic Farming Products in Poland." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (2020): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010130.
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The natural environment is one of the areas of sustainable development. The implementation of the goals of sustainable development is associated with the creation of conditions supporting ecological behaviours as well as the greening of consumption. It cannot be ignored that the implementation of behavioural marketing concepts contributed to the development of excessive consumerism, whereas the use of marketing innovations by enterprises with high strategic potential and dominant market position often translated into shortening product life cycles. In this context, there arises a research question concerning the role that marketing has to perform nowadays, and the challenges to its concept, resulting from sustainable development. The paper is based on literature studies and the results of an empirical research that was performed on a sample of 140 entities shaping the offer of organic farming products in Poland. The study included both organic farming entities and entities dealing with the distribution of organic farming products in Poland. The goal of the paper is to show the role of marketing as a multi-paradigmatic concept in shaping the development of the market of organic farming products in Poland. The analysis of the research results aimed at identifying the reasons for introducing organic farming products by distributors into their offer, as well as showing the nature of the relationships between producers and distributors of organic farming products in Poland. The analysis of the research results shows that the relationships between producers and distributors of organic farming products in Poland are perceived by both parties as long-term and based on trust. Special attention is also paid to the hierarchy of factors stimulating the development of sales of organic farming products in Poland. Identification of stimulants for the development of the market of organic farming products indicates the great importance of marketing in this area because the main factors of development of this market are of marketing nature or are inherently related to marketing.
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PhD, Subejo, Irham Irham, Pinjung Nawang Sari, et al. "Problematika Pengembangan Padi Organik di Sawangan Magelang serta Peluang Sertifikasi Internasional." Jurnal Teknosains 9, no. 1 (2019): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/teknosains.40604.
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Organic farming has been remarkably evolving in many areas of Indonesia for responding environmental issues and producing healthy foods. Organic rice is a type of organic farming product of a system which has been widely practiced including in Sawangan Village Magelang District as one of pioneering area on organic rice development in Central Java Province. This study is directed to analyze supporting factors, various problems faced on the development of organic rice and opportunity for getting international organic certification. A study has been done through household interview (30 farmers), indepth interview with key informants and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) at agricultural office of Magelang District. Data analysis used in this study are statistical descriptive and categorical qualitative. Results of the study show that: (1) performance of organic rice gradually getting better and productivity level has been getiing closer to conventional high external input rice farming, (2) supporting factorson improvement of organic rice include healthy rice production initiated through integrated pest management,transformative group leadership, supports from related stakeholders, high economic incentive, improvement of market networking, product certification, ICT application and favourable natural resource endowment, (3) Problems faced on the development of organic rice include variety of product quality among farmers, price variety and fluctuation, difficulty in organic seed access, mixing area of organic and anorganic rice farming, (4) Strategies for improving opportunity to get international organic sertification include innovation on product diversification, application of fresh product certification, modernization of machine for rice processing.
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Pedolin, Dario, Johan Six, and Thomas Nemecek. "Assessing between and within Product Group Variance of Environmental Efficiency of Swiss Agriculture Using Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis." Agronomy 11, no. 9 (2021): 1862. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091862.
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Food production systems can contribute to the degradation of the environment; thereby endangering the very resource, they depend on. However, while overall large, the environmental impacts of individual agricultural products are disparate. Therefore, in order to gain a better understanding of the impact different food production systems have on the environment, we should start at the produce level. In this study, we combine life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and data envelopment analysis to calculate environmental efficiency scores (i.e., agricultural output divided by environmental impacts) for eight product groups (Milk, Cattle, Pig fattening, Cereals, Beets, Potatoes, Vegetables, Fruits) in Switzerland. First, LCA is used to calculate “cradle to farm-gate” environmental impacts. These impacts are then used as inputs in a data envelopment analysis, with the amount of produced agricultural products as outputs. The resulting environmental efficiency scores reflect the relative efficiency (i.e., related to the best-observed performance) of the observed product groups. We find large differences in environmental impacts and environmental efficiency score distribution between the product groups. While we find some variability of environmental efficiency between farming systems (Organic and Proof of Ecological Performance) within a product group (difference in coefficient of variation between farming systems: Fruits = 48%, Vegetables = 13%, Cereals, Potatoes = 8%), we did not find any significant differences in environmental efficiency between organic and integrated farming systems for any of the considered product groups. Furthermore, we did not find a negative effect of multifunctionality of Swiss farms (i.e., multiple simultaneously produced product groups), but found a small positive effect for Milk in the presence of other product groups. However, the high within product group variance of environmental efficiency suggests the potential for improvements (notably >40% for Fruits and >30% for Cattle and Potatoes).
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Venzon, Madelaine, Rodrigo Ferreira Krüger, Alberto Soto, et al. "Toxicity of organic farming‑compatible products to the coffee leaf miner." Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 48, no. 3 (2013): 241–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2013000300001.
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the toxicity of organic farming‑compatible products to the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella. Lime sulphur, enriched Bordeaux mixture (Viça Café Plus), and the "supermagro" biofertilizer were first tested in laboratory. The most promising product was tested afterwards under field conditions. In laboratory, different concentrations of each product were applied on L. coffeella eggs and on infested coffee‑mined leaves. Only lime sulphur had ovicidal effects at an acceptable concentration (1.6%) for field applications, but no significant effect on larvae mortality was found. Enriched Bordeaux mixture and the "supermagro" biofertilizer had no effect on L. coffeella eggs and larvae. In the field trial, biweekly or monthly sprayings of lime sulphur at different concentrations caused population decrease after 30 days; however, this effect was not significant after 60 or 90 days.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Organic farming product"
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Kihlberg, Iwona. "Sensory Quality and Consumer Perception of Wheat Bread : Towards Sustainable Production and Consumption. Effects of Farming System, Year, Technology, Information and Values." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Domestic Sciences, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4529.
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<p>In order to study the <i>effect of production systems</i> aimed at sustainability<i> on product quality</i> and of sensory and non-sensory factors on product acceptance – the effect of farming system, year, milling and baking techniques on the sensory qualities of wheat bread as a model product was investigated using a descriptive test, and the effect of information and values on liking of bread using consumer tests.</p><p>Whole wheat and white breads were baked with wheat grown in six lots in established conventional and organic farming systems in field trails, in two subsequent years for the white bread.</p><p><i>Milling technique</i> influenced flours’ rheology and had greater impact on the sensory qualities of whole wheat bread and on the slice area than did <i>farming system</i> and <i>baking technique</i>. Bread baked with roller-milled wheat was characterized by sweetness, juiciness, compactness and smaller slice area than bread baked with stone-milled wheat, which was characterized by saltiness, deformity and roasted cereals.</p><p>The <i>effect of year </i>on the white bread was greater than the effect of <i>farming system </i>or <i>recipe modification</i>. Bread baked with wheat harvested in 1999 had significantly lower intensities of crumb attributes such as smoothness, juiciness and elasticity, but higher rancid flavour, springiness, compressibility, mastication resistance than bread baked with wheat harvested in 2000. Bread baked with conventional flour had significantly higher juiciness and elasticity than organic bread.</p><p>Image analysis did not show differences in slice area between bread baked with conventionally and organically grown wheat harvested in 1999 compared with 2000. <i>Information</i> affected liking in relation to the type of provided information. Information on organic origin enhanced most liking of bread, particularly for the less liked samples and frequent consumers of organic food. Significantly different <i>values</i> and different specific liking of breads were found among consumer segments. Results linked values and age with “taste”.</p>
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Cui, Lina Molnar Joseph J. "Growing naturally in Alabama needs and possibilities /." Auburn, Ala., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1408.
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Lowe, Mecca Jackson Molnar Joseph J. "Collaborative marketing enterprises local food exchange and the promise of sustainability /." Auburn, Ala., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1950.
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Voráčková, Michaela. "Faktory ovlivňující rozhodování zemědělců o realizaci ekologického zemědělství." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-85279.
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This diploma thesis aims to identify the main factors that affect farmers' decisions to convert from conventional farming to organic farming. Currently, organic farming and organic products are highly popularized because they represent one of the ways of achieving a sustainable development of human society and environment. Thus, many developed countries, including the Czech Republic, support the development of organic farming. On the demand side, this is achieved by information and promotional campaigns. On the supply side, developed countries create conditions for certified organic farming systems. Organic farming subsidies are used as a compensation of the increased expenditure resulting from organic farming as compared to conventional farming. In the Czech Republic, the numbers of organic farms are still increasing. However, many questions remain to be answered. What are the incentives influencing the farmers' choices for organic farming? Are organic farmers propelled by the desire to produce healthy food and to contribute to the protection of the environment? Or are they predominantly motivated by economic factors, namely by the subsidies? In order to answer these questions, the author of the diploma thesis conducted a questionnaire survey among Czech organic farmers. The analysis of the survey provided a number of interesting findings. In particular, it can be concluded that the subsidies as an economic motivation factor influenced the farmers' choices for the organic farming. Yet, the noneconomic factors played even more significant role in the farmers' motivations than the subsidies. The most indicated noneconomic factor are an effort to live more in harmony with nature, to personally contribute to the protection of the environment, to avoid the use of chemicals or to produce healthy and quality food.
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Grisolia, Carolina. "By-products of the dairy farming as raw material for the biotechnology production of polyhydroxyalkanoates." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/6825/.
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I Poliidrossialcanoati (PHA) sono poliesteri completamente biodegradabili, prodotti da microrganismi come fonte di energia e di carbonio per la sintesi di nuovo materiale cellulare, utilizzando come substrato materie prime rinnovabili. Questi poliesteri sono considerati potenziali candidati per la sostituzione delle materie plastiche convenzionali. Tuttavia, i più alti costi di produzione dei PHA in confronto a quelli delle materie plastiche derivanti dal petrolio, rappresentano il principale ostacolo per la parziale sostituzione di questi ultimi con i biopolimeri. Gli alti costi sono principalmente dovuti all'utilizzo di colture microbiche pure (in cui sia presente un solo ceppo batterico) e substrati puri e costosi. Nell'ultimo decennio è stato sviluppato un processo di produzione a tre stadi alternativo e potenzialmente a minor costo, basato sull'utilizzo di colture microbiche miste (Mixed Microbials Culture, MMC) e una varietà di substrati organici a costo contenuto o nullo, quali alcuni rifiuti dell’industria agro-alimentare.
Il presente studio si è concentrato sulla prima fase del processo di produzione dei PHA da colture miste, la fermentazione acidogenica, utilizzando siero di latte come fonte di carbonio per produrre acidi organici. In particolare questo lavoro ha avuto come obiettivo quello di studiare come diverse condizioni operative utilizzate nella fase di fermentazione acidogenica possono influenzare la concentrazione e il profilo degli acidi organici prodotti. Sono stati valutati anche gli effetti dei diversi profili degli acidi organici sulla fase di selezione della coltura microbica, in termini di capacità di stoccaggio di PHA e composizione polimerica.
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Santos, Edimar Paulo 1980. "Produção orgânica e estratégia de comercialização e marketing verde em supermercados." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257125.
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Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: Cresce significantemente o número de consumidores de produtos orgânicos, pela preocupação com os efeitos dos alimentos ingeridos no dia-a-dia, com relação à saúde e sua ação no meio ambiente. Percebe-se que há um lugar reservado aos produtos orgânicos em grandes redes de supermercados e que, apesar do preço superior aos similares produzidos sem a tecnologia orgânica, a demanda por este produto tem aumentado. O trabalho buscou explicitar as insuficiências e limitações das práticas de mercado dos produtos orgânicos em supermercados e o risco da adoção dos mesmos pelos pequenos agricultores orgânicos, como base para buscar melhorar este canal e/ou pensar em outros canais de comercialização. Para cumprir com esses objetivos foram analisadas diferentes estratégias de comercialização adotadas pelos supermercados. Foram selecionados para estudo 10 supermercados na região do Pólo Bandeirante do estado de São Paulo, onde os produtos orgânicos foram comparados com os não orgânicos: preços praticados e estratégias de mercado. Foi verificado que há uma diferença significativa de preço de produtos orgânicos quando comparado com os não orgânicos tornando o mesmo acessível a apenas uma parcela da população e tendo como conseqüência um desserviço ao movimento de agricultura orgânica<br>Abstract: Significantly increasing number of consumers of organic products , the concern with the effects of food intake on a day- to-day with regard to health and its action on the environment. It is noticed that there is a place reserved for organic products in large supermarket chains and that , despite the higher price to similar produced without organic technology , the demand for this product has increased. The study sought to explain the shortcomings and limitations of market practices organic produce in supermarkets and the risk of adopting the same by small organic farmers , as a basis for seeking to improve this channel and / or think of other marketing channels . To fulfill these objectives were analyzed different marketing strategies adopted by supermarkets . Were selected for study 10 supermarkets in the Bandeirante pole of São Paulo , where organic products were compared with non- organic region : prices and market strategies . It was found that there is a significant price difference of organic products compared with non- organic making it accessible to only a portion of the population and as a consequence having a disservice to the organic farming movement<br>Mestrado<br>Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável<br>Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola
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Tugoz, Jamila El. "O programa nacional de alimentação escolar (PNAE): um estudo da efetividade no cumprimento das ações para fortalecer a agricultura familiar." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2015. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/843.
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Previous issue date: 2015-12-10<br>The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes that the State must respect, protect and facilitate the action of individuals and communities aiming to feed themselves in dignity, quality of life and citizenship. Brazil has developed state policies aimed at this purpose, among them, the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE), which still faces obstacles that hinder its application fully effectively. In this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of PNAE in carrying out actions to strengthen family farming (AF). For this, the stages of work were established the following specific objectives: to describe National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) and the sustainable development of family farming; to identify perception, behavior and environmental education; to verify financial viability of the production of organic food for school meals; promoting sustainable development of family farming; identification of obstacles to the insertion of the Family Farmer (AF) in the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) through access to the institutional market locally. This study is characterized as a bibliographical, documentary, descriptive and exploratory, quantitative and qualitative research. Data collection was through instruments like Vapercom, questionnaires and structured interviews. The study shows that PNAE and sustainable development have received attention from universities, revealed the diversity of study and graduate programs involved with the theme. However, for the students still need to step up investment, both by government as part of the business community, in awareness campaigns on the subject. Overall, it is essential the continuity and expansion of the PNAE to strengthen food security and development policy of the local family farms, generating jobs and income and playing an important role as an instrument of sustainability in its different dimensions. However, to access and continuity of farmers in PNAE, all these questions that guide or impact the negotiations between Government and farmers, should be discussed and reassessed, seeking measures to enable progress to the sustainable development of local family farmers<br>A Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos estabelece que cabe ao Estado respeitar, proteger e facilitar a ação de indivíduos e comunidades objetivando alimentar-se de forma digna, com qualidade de vida e cidadania. O Brasil tem desenvolvido políticas de Estado voltadas a esse fim, dentre elas, o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE), o qual ainda enfrenta entraves que dificultam sua aplicação de forma totalmente eficaz. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a efetividade do PNAE no cumprimento das ações para contribuir com a Agricultura Familiar (AF). Para tanto, as etapas do trabalho foram constituídas dos seguintes objetivos específicos: descrever o Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) e o desenvolvimento sustentável da agricultura familiar; analisar o PNAE como instrumento do desenvolvimento sustentável da Agricultura familiar no Núcleo Regional de Toledo - PR; identificar a percepção dos educandos de uma escola pública do estado do Paraná em relação às ações do PNAE voltadas ao desenvolvimento sustentável; verificar a viabilidade financeira da produção agrícola de produtos orgânicos para a merenda escolar das escolas Estaduais do Paraná; identificar os entraves à inserção do Agricultor Familiar (AF) do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) por meio do acesso ao mercado institucional em nível local. Este estudo se caracteriza como uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, descritiva, bem como exploratória quanti e qualitativa. A coleta de dados se deu por meio de instrumentos como o Vapercom, questionários e entrevistas estruturadas. O estudo evidencia que o PNAE e o desenvolvimento sustentável têm recebido atenção das universidades, revelada pela diversidade de estudos e programas de pós-graduação envolvidos com a temática. Porém, em relação aos educandos, ainda é preciso intensificar os investimentos, tanto por parte governamental quanto do meio empresarial, nas campanhas de divulgação acerca do assunto. De maneira geral, conclui-se ser imprescendível a continuidade e ampliação do PNAE para o fortalecimento de uma política de segurança alimentar e desenvolvimento da agricultura familiar local, gerando emprego e renda e exercendo importante papel enquanto instrumento de sustentabilidade nas suas diferentes dimensões. Contudo, para o acesso e continuidade dos agricultores no PNAE, todas essas questões que norteiam ou impactam a negociação entre Governo e o agricultor, devem ser discutidas e reavaliadas, buscando medidas que possibilitem progredir para o desenvolvimento sustentável da agricultura familiar local.
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Fonseca, Maria Helena da. "Gestão de custos na agricultura familiar na cidade de Ponta Grossa." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2018. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/3026.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>A gestão em empreendimentos rurais é importante devido ao auxílio para o desenvolvimento sócio-econômico, possibilitando um crescimento e uma organização nas funções administrativas e produtivas, possibilitando que os agricultores consigam fazer uma gestão do seu negócio, definindo os custos gastos com a produção, podendo formular um preço de venda adequado, auxiliando-o no planejamento e na tomada de decisão. Este trabalho tem como objetivo determinar quais são os elementos utilizados para a formação da gestão de custos na agricultura familiar. Para realizar a pesquisa foram aplicados questionários em uma associação de agricultura ecológica e familiar, localizada na cidade de Ponta Grossa, composta por sete agricultores familiares produtores de orgânicos que possuem uma certificação por auditoria, emitida pela Associação de Certificação Instituto Biodinâmico - IBD. Como resultados, pode-se constatar que os canais de venda, mais utilizados pelos agricultores familiares produtores de orgânicos, são os programas do governo Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE), o Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), e o Feira Verde, e que esses agricultores trabalham apenas com a produção de olerícolas e frutas. Metade dos agricultores familiares consideram os elementos da gestão de custos como as taxas envolvidas na certificação e associação, o valor gasto com energia elétrica, água, combustível, materiais indiretos e telefone. É importante destacar que os agricultores realizam um controle de produção em um caderno para apresentar ao IBD, e que também possuem uma caderneta para anotação dos gastos gerais, isso significa que estes agricultores familiares realizam uma forma de gestão na propriedade ainda que rústica. Embora os associados não possam negociar os preços dos alimentos entregues aos programas governamentais, estes programas são responsáveis pela compra de grande quantidade dos alimentos orgânicos produzidos, possibilitando que os agricultores possam formular um preço de venda mais adequado nos outros canais de comercialização, tal como a feira local, em que os agricultores podem obter maior lucro apesar das incertezas acerca do volume de alimentos que será negociado. Dessa maneira, conclui-se que a diversificação dos canais de produção é essencial para que os agricultores orgânicos associados da região avaliada consigam negociar toda a sua produção de alimentos orgânicos. Há também um potencial que pode ser explorado e com a aplicação da gestão de custos mais aprimorada essas famílias podem vir a ter um retorno financeiro maior.<br>The management in rural enterprises is important due to the aid for socio-economic development, enabling growth and an organization in the productive and administrative functions, allowing farmers can make a management of your business, defining the costs spent on production, and can deliver an appropriate selling price, assisting in planning and decision-making. This work aims to determine what are the elements used for the training of cost management in family agriculture. To conduct the survey questionnaires were applied in an Association of ecological agriculture, family, located in the city of Ponta Grossa, composed of seven producers of organic family farmers who have a certification audit, and mitida by the Association of Biodynamic Institute Certification-IBD. As a result, one can see that the sales channels, mostly used by organic farmers, family farmers are the programs of the Government National School Feeding Program (PNAE), food acquisition program (PAA), and the Fair Green, and that these farmers work only with the production of oleraceous and fruit. Half of the farmers consider the elements of cost management as the rates involved in the certification and membership, the amount spent with electricity, water, fuel, indirect materials and telephone. It is important to emphasize that farmers perform a production control in a notebook to present to the IBD, and who also have a notebook for note of overheads, this means that these farmers carry out a form of management in the property although rustic. Although members cannot negotiate food prices delivered to government programs, these programs are responsible for the purchase of large quantities of organic food produced, enabling farmers to be able to formulate a more appropriate selling price in other marketing channels, such as the local market, where farmers can get higher profit despite uncertainties about the volume of food that will be negotiated. In this way, it appears that the diversification of production is essential for organic farmers associated with the region evaluated can negotiate all your organic food production. There is also a potential that can be exploited and the implementation of cost management more enhanced these families may have a greater financial return.
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Gratecap, Jean-Baptiste. "Agriculture biologique et qualité des eaux dans des aires d’alimentation de captage : diversité des postures techniques d’agriculteurs conventionnels et biologiques et pressions nitrate et pesticide induites." Thesis, Paris, AgroParisTech, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AGPT0059/document.
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Face à la pollution généralisée des masses d’eau souterraines par les nitrates et les pesticides, l’agriculture biologique (AB) est présentée comme un outil pertinent pour la reconquête de la qualité des eaux sur les aires d’alimentation de captage (AAC). Ce travail vise à mieux définir l’opportunité d’un développement de l’AB sur des zones à enjeu eau. L’objectif de la thèse est d’évaluer conjointement la faisabilité des conversions sur les exploitations de l’AAC et l’efficacité de ces conversions par rapport aux enjeux de reconquête de la qualité de l’eau.Etudier l’opportunité d’un développement de l’AB à l’échelle territoriale suppose d’instruire la diversité des exploitations et des profils d’agriculteurs sur la zone à enjeu eau. Pour être en mesure de tester l’opportunité des conversions, une méthode typologique permettant d’analyser conjointement la variabilité actuelle des pressions sur les zones à enjeu eau et la propension des agriculteurs conventionnels à la conversion est nécessaire.Pour produire cette typologie, nous avons développé une méthode innovante d’analyse compréhensive des pratiques, centrée sur les principes d’action à l’origine des systèmes de culture. Les principes d’action correspondent à des méta-raisonnements à l’origine de l’organisation concrète des pratiques agricoles sur le territoire d’exploitation. Par l’analyse conjointe du discours des agriculteurs et de la variabilité des règles de décision, nous avons élaboré des typologies basées sur les postures techniques des agriculteurs pour i) identifier des principes d’action associés aux pratiques à risque et ii) dégager des proximités éventuelles entre agriculteurs biologiques et agriculteurs conventionnels. La méthode a été testée sur deux territoires à enjeu eau en Rhône-Alpes, sur lesquels des entretiens semi-directifs ont été réalisés auprès d’exploitants conventionnels et biologiques.Cinq principes d’action génériques à l’origine de l’organisation de l’assolement et cinq principes d’action génériques à l’origine des pratiques culturales ont été dégagés. A partir des différents principes d’action, des typologies des postures techniques ont été produites sur les deux terrains. Les pressions à l’origine de la lixiviation des nitrates et des pesticides ont été évaluées et spatialisées via le recours à des indicateurs agro-environnementaux. Nous avons démontré que la variabilité forte des indicateurs et leur distribution spatiale sur les AAC étaient liées à la diversité des postures techniques entre agriculteurs.Nous avons comparé les principes d’action mobilisés par les agriculteurs conventionnels et les agriculteurs biologiques « références » présents sur les zones à enjeu eau. Par l’étude des spécificités des postures techniques en AB, trois critères de propension à la conversion ont été identifiés. Plusieurs degrés de propension à la conversion ont été dégagés parmi les agriculteurs conventionnels des deux territoires.L’analyse croisée des degrés de propension à la conversion et des différentiels de pressions entre systèmes conventionnels et biologiques nous a permis d’évaluer l’opportunité d’un développement de l’AB sur les deux territoires. Nos résultats ont mis en évidence des niveaux de pression limités quant à la lixiviation des nitrates sur les systèmes biologiques : un développement exhaustif de l’AB à l’échelle des deux AAC entrainerait potentiellement une réduction forte de la lixiviation des nitrates. Néanmoins, l’opportunité d’un tel développement doit être relativisée. Les agriculteurs présentant une propension réelle ou forte à la conversion sont minoritaires sur les AAC. Ensuite, le différentiel des pressions entre systèmes conventionnels et systèmes biologiques diminue à mesure que la propension à la conversion augmente. Pour envisager une diminution forte des pressions sur les zones à enjeu eau, la conversion devrait concerner des exploitants pour lesquels cette conversion est difficilement envisageable à moyen terme<br>Many problems with nitrate and pesticide contamination from agriculture exist in European drinking water catchments. In France, a new mitigation approach aims at preventing water quality degradation in explicitly targeting agricultural non-point source pollutions associated with leaching of nitrates and pesticides. This work aims at assessing the opportunity to develop organic farming in water catchment areas in order to reduce nitrate and pesticide leaching from root zone. The objective was to analyze both i) feasibility of conversions to organic farming on farms concerned by water preservation and ii) the potential impacts of these conversions in terms of nitrate and pesticide leaching reduction.To explore the potential contribution of organic farming in water catchment areas, we develop an innovative typology approach to characterize farmers’ conceptions and strategies related to cropping systems’ organization on the farm territory. Our method was tested in two French water catchment areas characterized by diversified production systems, where semi-structured interviews were carried out with conventional and organic farmers. Resulting typologies of farmers were used to assess leaching risks variability related with current cropping systems and to identify potential similarities between conventional and organic farmers’ conceptions. Nitrate and pesticide leaching risks for cropping systems were assessed and spatialized by using four agro-environmental indicators. Our results show major variations for all indicators at both study sites, for example N-surpluses which range from -105 to 192 kg N ha-1 year-1. These variations are deeply related with diversity of farmers’ conceptions summarized in typologies. To assess proximity of conventional farmers to organic farming, we used typologies to compare conceptions related to organization of cropping systems between conventional and organic farmers. By analyzing specificities of organic farmers’ conceptions, we determined three main criteria of proximity to organic farming; these criteria were then used to identify various degrees of proximity to organic farming among conventional farmers in the catchment areas.To assess potential contribution of organic farming to water preservation in catchment areas, we firstly compared nitrate leaching risks between conventional and organic cropping systems. Our results reveal low leaching risks from organic systems, characterized by reduced N-surpluses and lower bare soils frequencies in autumn. According to these results, massive development of organic farming should decrease nitrate leaching in our two water catchment areas. However, analysis of similarities between conventional and organic farmers’ conceptions shows that a majority of farmers are characterized by a low level of proximity to organic farming. Moreover, the farmers who show strongest similarities with organic farmers’ conceptions are already those with low leaching risks cropping systems. To significantly lower nitrate leaching risks, conversions should concern conventional farmers with low degree of proximity to organic farming
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Achuo, George. "Partner satisfaction and renewal likelihood in consumer supported agriculture (CSA) : a case study of The Equiterre CSA network." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19555.
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India) Conclave on Organic Products: The Way Ahead (1st 2010 New Delhi. Glocal scenario of organic products: The way ahead. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, 2010.
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BIOFAIR (1995 San Jose, Costa Rica). BIOFAIR 1995: Global trade forum for certified organic products. Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica, 1995.
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Saqib, Mohammed. Exporting environment friendly products: Scope for organic farming in India. Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2001.
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Walz, Erica. Final results of the fourth National Organic Farmers' Survey: Sustaining organic farms in a changing organic marketplace. Organic Farming Research Foundation, 2004.
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Commission, European Communities. REG 2092/91/EEC: Council regulation of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1997.
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Zambia) PELUM Organic Farming and Marketing Workshop (2003 Lusaka. Organic farming and marketing: Workshop proceedings : In-Service Training Trust, Lusaka, Zambia, May 2003. PELUM Association Zambia, 2004.
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Walz, Erica. Final results of the third biennial National Organic Farmers' Survey. Organic Farming Research Foundation, 1999.
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An quan nong ye sheng chan ti xi yan tao hui (2005 Xing zheng yuan nong ye wei yuan hui Taizhong Qu nong ye gai liang chang). An quan nong ye sheng chan ti xi yan tao hui zhuan kan =: Proceedings of a symposium on production system of safety agriculture. Xing zheng yuan nong ye wei yuan hui Taizhong Qu nong ye gai liang chang, 2006.
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Krause, Ariane. "Valuing Waste – A Multi-method Analysis of the Use of Household Refuse from Cooking and Sanitation for Soil Fertility Management in Tanzanian Smallholdings." In Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36283-6_5.
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AbstractThe starting point of this work is the intention of two farmers’ initiatives to disseminate locally developed and adapted cooking and sanitation technologies to smallholder households in Karagwe District, in northwest Tanzania. These technologies include improved cooking stoves (ICSs), such as microgasifiers, and a system combining biogas digesters and burners for cooking, as well as urine-diverting dry toilets, and thermal sterilisation/pasteurisation for ecological sanitation (EcoSan). Switching to the new alternatives could lead to a higher availability of domestic residues for soil fertility management. These residues include biogas slurry from anaerobic digestion, powdery biochar from microgasifiers and sanitised human excreta from EcoSan facilities. Such recycling-driven approaches address an existing problem for many smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa, namely, the lack of soil amenders to sufficiently replenish soil nutrients and soil organic matter (SOM) in soils used for agricultural activity. This example from Tanzania systematically examines the nexus of ‘energy-sanitation-agriculture’ in smallholder farming systems. The short-term experiments demonstrated that all soil amenders that were analysed could significantly enhance crop productivity. CaSa-compost – the product of co-composting biochar with sanitised human excreta – quadrupled grain yields. The observed stimulation of crop yield and also plant nutrition is attributed to improved nutrient availability caused by a direct increase of soil pH and of plant-available phosphorus (P) in the soil. The assessment of the lasting soil implications revealed that CaSa-compost and biogas slurry both show the long-term potential to roughly double yields of maize. Corresponding nutrient requirements can be adequately compensated through residue capturing and subsistence production of soil amenders. The potential of CaSa-compost for sustainable soil fertility management is superior to that of standard compost, especially with respect to liming, replenishing soil P and restoring SOM. Biogas slurry, however, yields inferior results in all aspects when compared to compost amendments.
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Thakur, Meena, and Enespa. "Marketing and Export Potential of Organic Products." In Biopesticides in Organic Farming. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003027690-77.
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Barker, Allen V. "Storage of Produce." In Science and Technology of Organic Farming, 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003093725-14-14.
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Uche, Asogwa Evarestus, and Theophilus Chinyere Nkasiobi Ndubuaku. "Natural Plant Products as Potential Synthetic Insecticide Alternatives in Developing African Countries." In Biopesticides in Organic Farming. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003027690-39.
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Joshi, Deeksha, Monika Upadhyay, and Raghvendra Tiwari. "Management of Fungal Diseases of Crops through Plant-Based Natural Products and Biopesticides." In Biopesticides in Organic Farming. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003027690-35.
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Weidenbörner, Martin. "Mycotoxin Contamination in Conventional and Organic Farming." In Mycotoxins in Plants and Plant Products. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46715-3_5.
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Weidenbörner, Martin. "Mycotoxin Contamination in Conventional and Organic Farming." In Mycotoxins in Plants and Plant Products. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92850-0_5.
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Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, and Salvatore Parisi. "Organic Foods and Farming Practices in India." In Toxins and Contaminants in Indian Food Products. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48049-7_4.
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Karamouzi, Eugenia, Eleni Tsironi, and Panopoulos Panagiotis. "Legislation of the EU on organic cultivation." In Manuali – Scienze Tecnologiche. Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-044-3.39.
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This topic will provide an overview of the Legislation on organic cultivation. The EU sets out a number of rules and regulations governing the production, distribution and marketing of organic products in the EU. This is to satisfy consumer demand for trustworthy organic products whilst providing a fair marketplace for producers, distributors and marketers. Organic farming is a fast growing area in European agriculture, which is a direct result of increased consumer interest in organic products. In response to the challenges posed by this rapid expansion and in order to provide an effective legal framework for the industry, the EU has passed new legislation that will come into force on 1 January 2021
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Uche, Asogwa Evarestus, and Theophilus Chinyere Nkasiobi Ndubuaku. "Management of Insect Pests of Cola nitida and C. acumunata Schott and Endl Nuts (Balanogastris kolae and Sophrorhinus spp. – Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with Plant-Based Natural Products." In Biopesticides in Organic Farming. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003027690-38.
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ALEKSEJEVA, Lasma, and Modrite PELS. "SUPPORT TOOLS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCE IN LATVIA." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.138.
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Organic farming is part of the national economy where renewable natural resources are used in a sustainable and prudent way in the production process, and therefore the production of primary products is environmentally friendly. Latvia has high potential for growth on the basis of the EU as a whole – in 2016, the area of organically certified territories totalled 270.73 thousand hectares, or about 11% of the total agricultural land area, which was the fifth highest indicator among the EU Member States. The aim of the research is to analyse the availability of support tools for the organic farming sector and ways to improve their use efficiency. The available support tools contribute to increase in the number of organic farms and in the organic agricultural area as well as increase in productivity and a higher level of mechanisation. The development of organic processing and the provision of a complex production cycle are less important. Financial support for organic farming partially compensates for the loss of profits, but it does not include support measures directly addressing the problems faced by farmers – the availability of organic seed, certification fees, the availability of animal breeds and public awareness.
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BĂNEȘ, Adrian, Păun Ion OTIMAN, Tiberiu IANCU, and Manuela Dora ORBOI. "GROWTH SCENARIOS OF ORGANIC AREA IN ROMANIA UNTIL 2025." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.091.
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Organic farming uses management practices that would avoid the use of chemical inputs and minimizes damage to the environment and wildlife. Thus we are brought significant restrictions on synthetic chemicals used in obtaining food products. The method involves different practices aimed at protecting the environment, maintaining and enhancing soil fertility, obtaining unpolluted and high quality agricultural products, and at last, promoting sustainable agricultural development. Romania has a great opportunity for organic farming as a result of natural conditions. However, Romania is located behind other EU or world countries. The present study shows the empirically based growth rate, of organic agriculture needed by Romania to reach in year 2025 the level of other countries. For comparison and calculations were considered France (one of the major players in the market of organic products) and Lithuania (that also has a well-developed organic agriculture). The results show that the current growth is not enough to overcome the first half of the top EU countries and requires an acceleration of this process of transformation into organic.
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Felcis, Renars, and Janis Zaltkovskis. "Ecological Attitudes and Their Components about Organic and Conventionally Grown Food: The Case of the Gauja National Park." In 14th International Scientific Conference "Rural Environment. Education. Personality. (REEP)". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2021.14.037.
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The 2nd year students of sociology in Faculty of Social Sciences in University of Latvia conducted a study “Attitudes of the residents of the Gauja National Park region towards organic and conventional agriculture” during the spring of 2020, under the supervision of lecturers Renārs Felcis and Jurijs Ņikišins, where ecological attitude index has been made on organic and conventional farming (including 4 statements regarding statements of state action). The aim of the article is to describe the index of ecological attitudes and to identify the latent themes of ecological attitudes about organic and conventional farming to reveal in more detailed hidden similarities of 10 statements about aspects of organic and conventional farming. A type of factor analysis (principal component analysis (further ‒ PCA)) was performed in addition to the descriptive analysis to achieve the aim. In the final analysis, 3 components were proposed, the first of which reflects the ecological habits of purchase, the second ‒ the ecological habits of growing and the third ‒ the individual variables on the importance of the expiration of products. The applicability of the statement scale in future research is suggested for discussion and conclusions.
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MATYSIK-PEJAS, Renata, Monika SZAFRAŃSKA, and Elżbieta LATO. "DETERMINANTS OF LEADING OF ORGANIC FARMS IN MAŁOPOLSKA REGION." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.033.
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Poland is a country with significant potential for the development of organic farming. This is due to the possession of rural areas characterized by favorable natural and productive conditions. The advantages of Polish agriculture include relatively clean environment, low chemicals consumption, large labor resources and relatively low labor costs. The main objective of conducted research was to present factors determining the leading of organic farms in the conditions of fragmented agriculture in south Poland. The research was conducted in the Malopolska Voivodeship in 2017. Source material for analysis was primary information collected using PAPI method. In the survey participated 50 certified organic farms chosen by using purposive method of sample selection. In the area structure of surveyed organic farms dominated farms from 5.1 ha to 10 ha. The most popular direction of agricultural production on farms was the growing vegetables. Owners of organic farms as one of the main reasons for moving the farm from conventional to organic systems, considered the possibility of obtaining subsidies for one hectare of cultivation. These subsidies provide them financial support especially in the first years of operation on the market. The least important reason for transformation a farm from conventional to organic system was the factor associated with the reduction of environmental pollution as a result of the change in system of farming. As one of the advantages of running a organic farm, producers pointed the possibility of selecting disease-resistant plant and animal species and creating additional workplaces. On the other hand, as a basic disadvantage of organic farming, farmers pointed out the difficulties in finding market for the products from the farm. Most farm owners cooperate with various organizations connected with ecology. Very popular among them are also different kind of training courses, which are aimed at expanding knowledge of organic production. At the same time the educational activity of the surveyed farms is very low. Only in a few farms was conducted educational activity for children or people interested in ecology.
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Frank, Y. А., R. V. Perchenko, К. S. Savelieva, А. S. Trushina, and D. V. Antsiferov. "NOVEL BACTERIAL PRODUCER STRAINS FOR INTENSIVE COMPOSTING OF POULTRY LITTER." In STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF AGRIBUSINESS Volume 2. DSTU-Print, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23947/interagro.2020.2.240-243.
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Poultry waste composting in natural conditions is a rather slow process. Application of biological preparations based on thermo-tolerant and thermophilic microorganisms can intensify the compost maturation. Novel strains of thermophilic microorganisms — organic matter destructors — were isolated in the current work. The isolates were identified as representatives of Bacillus, Aneurinibacillus, Aeribacillus, and Ureibacillus genera. Isolated strains can be recommended for biological preparations to accelerate composting of poultry litter and other livestock farming waste.
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VOJEVODA, Lidija, Anita OSVALDE, Gunta ČEKSTERE, and Andis KARLSONS. "ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF VERMICOMPOST AND PEAT EXTRACTS ON NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION IN TUBERS AND POTATO YIELD." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.166.
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Investigations on the potential beneficial effect of humic substances on crop plant cultivation under extremely diverse soil and climatic conditions is of global character, thereby knowledge obtained on the basis of local investigations are of great importance world-wide. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effect of different application methods (seed tuber treatment and foliar application) of commercially-produced peat and vermicompost extracts on nutrient uptake in tubers and yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using field experiments in organic farming system with potato variety ‘Borodjanskij Rozovij’. The tested extracts from the organic products included: peat extract (K45) and vermicompost extract (B45) obtained at +45°C by cavitation. The investigation was carried out at Stende Research Centre (Institute of Agro-resources and Economics) from 2011 to 2012. The chemical composition (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Mo, B) of potato tubers was determined. The application of organic extract from vermicompost had a stimulating effect on mineral nutrient as N, P, K, Mg, and S accumulation in potato tubers, but 50% of cases showed reduction in Ca and Cu content that could influence the storage of tubers. The use of peat extract was significantly effective when the tubers were treated before planting. On average, tuber treatment and foliar spray with organic extracts contributed to 10% of tuber yield increase.
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Zheng, Yizhe, Yizhe Zheng, Kyohei Hayashi, et al. "INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BIOGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUSPENDED OYSTER FARMING IN SHIZUGAWA BAY, JAPAN." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21610/conferencearticle_58b4316a2d899.
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The impacts of human-induced changes in coastal environments on shellfish farming need to be mitigated. Suspended farming species, such as oysters, greatly impact planktonic communities and benthic environments via filter feeding and bio-deposition. To more effec-tively manage coastal environments and achieve ecologically sustainable shellfish farming, interactions between coastal marine environments and aquaculture activities need to be properly assessed. We examined interactions between coastal biogeochemical environments and suspended oyster farming in Shizugawa Bay of northeastern Japan. We found that particulate organic matter (POM) produced at the oyster farm (e.g., exfoliated periphyton and/or oyster feces) locally increased the concentrations of chlorophyll a and daytime dis-solved oxygen in the bottom layer. Based on the estimated budget of POM at the bay scale, the oyster feeding rate was a couple of orders of magnitude lower than the net primary production and POM inputs at the bay boundaries (e.g., offshore and in rivers). The rela-tively high exposure of the bay and high seawater mixing rate may explain the lack of mac-roscale environmental impacts of oyster cultures at the bay scale. We also found that despite the oligotrophic environment, the oyster growth rate was higher in the bay, compared with previous estimates in other coastal areas. To understand the mechanisms sustaining the production of phytoplankton and oysters, further examinations from the perspective of nu-trient cycling in the bay are required.
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Zheng, Yizhe, Yizhe Zheng, Kyohei Hayashi, et al. "INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BIOGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUSPENDED OYSTER FARMING IN SHIZUGAWA BAY, JAPAN." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31519/conferencearticle_5b1b9392311d49.71091477.
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The impacts of human-induced changes in coastal environments on shellfish farming need to be mitigated. Suspended farming species, such as oysters, greatly impact planktonic communities and benthic environments via filter feeding and bio-deposition. To more effec-tively manage coastal environments and achieve ecologically sustainable shellfish farming, interactions between coastal marine environments and aquaculture activities need to be properly assessed. We examined interactions between coastal biogeochemical environments and suspended oyster farming in Shizugawa Bay of northeastern Japan. We found that particulate organic matter (POM) produced at the oyster farm (e.g., exfoliated periphyton and/or oyster feces) locally increased the concentrations of chlorophyll a and daytime dis-solved oxygen in the bottom layer. Based on the estimated budget of POM at the bay scale, the oyster feeding rate was a couple of orders of magnitude lower than the net primary production and POM inputs at the bay boundaries (e.g., offshore and in rivers). The rela-tively high exposure of the bay and high seawater mixing rate may explain the lack of mac-roscale environmental impacts of oyster cultures at the bay scale. We also found that despite the oligotrophic environment, the oyster growth rate was higher in the bay, compared with previous estimates in other coastal areas. To understand the mechanisms sustaining the production of phytoplankton and oysters, further examinations from the perspective of nu-trient cycling in the bay are required.
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Novikov, N. N., S. V. Mitrofanov, N. N. Grachev, M. M. Varfolomeeva, and M. E. Denisova. "PROBLEMS OF AGROECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LAND PLOTS FOR THEIR SUITABILITY FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND DETOXIFICATION OF SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS." In STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF AGRIBUSINESS Volume 2. DSTU-Print, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23947/interagro.2020.2.547-550.
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Based on the analysis of statistical yearbooks "state of contamination of soils and objects of the natural environment of the Russian Federation with pesticides and toxicants of industrial origin", analysis of the incidence of workers and the population from exposure to residual pesticides and heavy metals, the need to assess soil contamination for organic farming purposes in accordance with the requirements of article 9 of the Federal law of 03.08.2018 No. 280-FZ "on organic products and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation"is justified. For evaluation, a digital technology is proposed in the management of environmental safety and labor protection in agriculture, developed by scientists of the ITOSH-branch of the FGBNU FNAC VIM. It is proposed to solve the problems of detoxification of soils contaminated with heavy metals and residual pesticides identified during the assessment using the available domestic and foreign experience by various methods: physical, physical-chemical, and biological.
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Hersh, Benjamin, and Amin Mirkouei. "Life Cycle Assessment of Pyrolysis-Derived Biochar From Organic Wastes and Advanced Feedstocks." In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2019-97896.
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Abstract Recent interest in reducing stress on the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus requires the use of renewable, organic products that can subsequently address environmental sustainability concerns, such as mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Pyrolysis-derived biochar from organic wastes (e.g., nutrient-rich agricultural wastes and leftovers, forest harvest residues, and cattle manure) and advanced feedstocks (e.g., algae) is capable of addressing ever-increasing global FEW concerns. Biochar water-nutrient holding capacity and carbon sequestration are key attributes for improving organic farming and irrigation management. The major challenge to commercialize biochar production from organic wastes is the conversion process. Pyrolysis process is a cost-effective and successful approach in comparison to other conversion technologies (e.g., gasification) due to low energy requirement and capital cost, as well as high process efficiency and biochar quality. To determine the environmental impacts of the biochar production process, an analysis of the material, energy, and emission flows of a small-scale pyrolysis process is conducted for a real case study, using life cycle assessment method with the assistance of available life cycle inventory databases within OpenLCA software. The results demonstrate that this study is able to enhance sustainability aspects across FEW systems by (a) employing a portable refinery to address upstream challenges (i.e., collection, transportation, and preprocessing) of waste-to-biochar life cycle, (b) recycling domestic forest and agricultural residues (e.g., pine wood), (c) producing organic biochar-derived soil conditioners that can improve organic cropping and FEW systems. Ultimately, we conclude by discussing techno-economic and socio-environmental implications of biochar production from organic wastes and advanced feedstocks.