Application of bacteriophages in food production and their potential as biocontrol agents in the organic farming industry

Azospirillum biofertilizers have a history going back to the beginning of the XXth However, researches still have to find new and competitive strains and improve biofertilizers production and application techniques. They are one of te most used biofertilizers in organic farming. The present paper review and analyses the development of the new agriculture using such microorganism, and showing not only the biofertilization effect but some biocontrol properties of the presented strains. The products containing Azospirillum strains and their use begin to play an important role in modern agriculture and in special in some countries in course of development as an alternative to chemical expensive and some time not environmental friendly products. Countries from Asia, South America, use it in huge quantities. In developed area of the lobe, there are only some tiny initiative, mainly because the multinational companies, and because of the legislation in use.

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Organic Farming for Sustainable Soil Use, Management, Food Production and Climate Change Mitigation

10.1007/978-3-030-83066-3_3 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 39-59

Author(s):

Abdul Kareem ◽

Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi ◽

Amina Kalsom ◽

Waqas Mohy-Ud-Din ◽

Muhammad Mahroz Hussain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Change Mitigation

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Para-organic intensification of future farming as alternative concept to reactor-based staple food production in Africa

Organic Agriculture ◽

10.1007/s13165-020-00326-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Neuhoff ◽

Julius Kwesiga

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Mineral Fertilizers ◽

Staple Food ◽

Research Activities ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Yield Gaps ◽

Organic Farming Systems ◽

Reasonable Use

AbstractCurrently, staple food self-sufficiency in Africa is just above 80%, and the population is expected to more than double until 2050. To cope with this challenge, technological solutions such as reactor food seem seductive. Western pilot projects have shown considerable production potentials, e.g., 7 t ha−1 of starch within 150 days by algae in reactors that may also be used in Africa. Are these approaches suitable for Africa justifying extensive research activities? Here, we argue that both physical availability of substrates and missing profitability substantially limit the development of reactor food in SSA, also in a mid-term perspective. It is rather suggested to close the considerable existing yield gaps by implementing para-organic farming systems, which combine basic principles of organic farming such as crop diversification, legume growing, and manuring, with a reasonable use of inputs, in particular mineral fertilizers. In combination with irrigation, staple food production in SSA has the potential to keep pace with growing demand.

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Organic Farming: To Pursue or Not to Pursue? An Exploratory Study Based on Evidence from Bangladesh

10.20944/preprints201806.0399.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Rubaiya Murshed ◽

Mohammad Riaz Uddin

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production ◽

Proper Time ◽

Agricultural System ◽

Middle Income ◽

Major Barrier ◽

Production Methods ◽

Rice Market ◽

Organic Rice ◽

Income Constraint

In the field of agricultural food production, the transition between organic and inorganic farming methods has been an issue of much debate. The debate, on one hand, stresses the urgency for the transition in order to preserve environment and health; and, on the other hand, emphasizes the pressure of maintaining food production for a large growing population. Thus, the dilemma is how to find an agricultural system that would balance between obtaining food security and ensuring a safe sustainably environment-friendly food production system. This article focuses on the debate, in the context of Bangladesh, and questions whether it is the proper time, and stage in the development process, to attempt the transition from inorganic conventional food production methods to organic food production methods. This article contemplates why the organic rice market is not expanding in Bangladesh, and attempts to explain the slow growth of the market through the two main factors of income constraint and lack of awareness among people about the environmental and health detriments of inorganic farming methods. The study is exploratory in nature, and finds that it is not mainly the lack of awareness but the income constraint that can be principally attributed to the slow expansion of the organic rice market in Bangladesh. Through exploring consumers’ awareness about organic farming methods and their demand for organic products, this study shows how income as the major constraint, besides price, affects consumers demand for organic and inorganic rice in Bangladesh. Income being identified as the major barrier reveals the potential of the organic rice market to grow in the future, as Bangladesh continues its journey towards becoming a middle-income country.

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Sustainability of organic food production: challenges and innovations

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ◽

10.1017/s0029665114001438 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 83-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Urs Niggli

Keyword(s):

Public Goods ◽

Organic Farming ◽

Organic Agriculture ◽

Food Production ◽

Agricultural Research ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Ecosystem Functions ◽

Limiting Factor ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Trade Offs

The greatest challenge for agriculture is to reduce the trade-offs between productivity and long-term sustainability. Therefore, it is interesting to analyse organic agriculture which is a given set of farm practices that emphasise ecological sustainability. Organic agriculture can be characterised as being less driven by off-farm inputs and being better embedded in ecosystem functions. The literature on public goods and non-commodity outputs of organic farms is overwhelming. Most publications address the positive effects of organic farming on soil fertility, biodiversity maintenance and protection of the natural resources of soil, water and air. As a consequence of focusing on public goods, organic agriculture is less productive. Meta-analyses show that organic agriculture yields range between 0·75 and 0·8 of conventional agriculture. Best practice examples from disadvantaged sites and climate conditions show equal or, in the case of subsistence farming in Sub-Saharan Africa, higher productivity of organic agriculture. Hence, organic agriculture is likely to be a good model for productive and sustainable food production. Underfunding in R&D addressing specific bottlenecks of organic agriculture are the main cause for both crop and livestock yield gaps. Therefore, the potential for improving the performance of organic agriculture through agricultural research is huge. Although organic farming is a niche in most countries, it is at the verge of becoming mainstream in leading European countries. Consumer demand has grown over the past two decades and does not seem to be a limiting factor for the future development of organic agriculture.

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Organic Farming and Food Production

10.5772/45848 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production

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Organic Farming - A Promising Way of Food Production

10.5772/60459 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production

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The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-019-12622-7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Laurence G. Smith ◽

Guy J. D. Kirk ◽

Philip J. Jones ◽

Adrian G. Williams

Keyword(s):

Carbon Sequestration ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽

England And Wales ◽

Reduce Emissions ◽

Farm Inputs

Abstract Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and must feature in efforts to reduce emissions. Organic farming might contribute to this through decreased use of farm inputs and increased soil carbon sequestration, but it might also exacerbate emissions through greater food production elsewhere to make up for lower organic yields. To date there has been no rigorous assessment of this potential at national scales. Here we assess the consequences for net GHG emissions of a 100% shift to organic food production in England and Wales using life-cycle assessment. We predict major shortfalls in production of most agricultural products against a conventional baseline. Direct GHG emissions are reduced with organic farming, but when increased overseas land use to compensate for shortfalls in domestic supply are factored in, net emissions are greater. Enhanced soil carbon sequestration could offset only a small part of the higher overseas emissions.

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The development of export oriented agriculture: methods of region export potential assessment

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202017605013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 176 ◽

pp. 05013

Author(s):

Valentina Kundius ◽

Irina Kovaleva

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Food Production ◽

Systematic Approach ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Rating System ◽

Methodical Approach

The study uses a systematic approach to ensure the complexity and focus of scientific recommendations, analytical, abstract-logical, calculating-constructive, economic-statistical, economic-mathematical, monographic methods of research. The methodical approach to justifying the placement of organic agricultural products and food production, localizing it using method of mapping. The Based on the acceptance of mapping with allocation locally segments based on certain criteria or features based on the points-rating system. This allows us to distinguish local segments of industry production and organic farming using signs of geographical and behavioral segmentation. At the same time, the criterion of segmentation by geographical basis may be the natural and economic zoning of the area in question; the criterion of segmentation by behavioral basis may be the degree of need of the residents of the area for a particular product. In the end, the allocation of segments is reduced to ranking local zones of production and processing of organic agricultural products and markets, forming in them

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DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF ORGANIC FARMING IN LATVIA

Latgale National Economy Research ◽

10.17770/lner2010vol1.2.1789 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 247

Author(s):

Ligita Melece

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Organic Agriculture ◽

Food Production ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Organic Food ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

Organic Farms ◽

Environmental Friendly ◽

Agriculture Development ◽

The Eu

Nowadays the organic farming as method and organic food takes important role for the sustainable and environmental friendly agricultural and food production. The paper analyzes the development and issues of future perspectives of organic farming in the Latvia. Some findings of organic agriculture development are given, estimating the primary information on organic farming in Latvia regarding the trends of the organic farms’ number, utilized organic agricultural and share of organic land in the total agricultural land. Besides, the state policy and support for organic farming have analyzed and compared with European Union (EU) and it’s Member States. The influence of Latvia’s accession to the EU on the organic farming development is assessed. Some issues of further perspectives of development of Latvian organic agriculture are evaluated.

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