ORGANIC FARMING

Definitions of Organic farming on the Web:

• Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming

• This is the production of crops and animals without the use of synthetic inputs (such as manufactured pesticides and artificial fertiliser) or genetically modified organisms. More information
ec.europa.eu/agriculture/glossary/index_en.htm

• a modern farming system which deliberately eschews the use of chemical inputs to the farm. Has become increasingly popular in the EMDW in recent ...
www.tuition.com.hk/geography/o.htm

• Crop or stock farming where only natural fertilisers, pesticides and nutritional supplements are used.Hormones and synthetics checmicals are not used at all.
www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/directories/glossary/O

• is free of synthetic chemicals. Organic farming means produced in soils of enhanced biological activity, determined by the humus level, crumb structure and feeder root development, so that plants are fed through the soil ecosystem and not primarily through soluble fertilisers added to the soil. ...
www.abc.net.au/science/slab/consconf/glossary.htm

• Basically farming without the use of manufactured chemicals, but now conforming to very detailed production standards
www.ecifm.rdg.ac.uk/glossary.htm

• A farming method that minimizes the use of chemicals in the production process. It aims to produce crops with a high nutritional value and to ...
www.ucahelps.gov.ab.ca/137.html

• agricultural practices which promote biodiversity, biological cycles and biological activity within the soil, accompanied by using, where possible, agronomic, biological and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials.
citizenship.yara.com/en/resources/glossary/index.html

• In simplest terms, organic farming is a form of agriculture that avoids any use of synthetic chemicals or GMOs.
www.opbf.org/open-plant-breeding/glossary/o

• A way of farming using natural methods to feed the soil and reduce pests, ideally producing good crop yields with minimal impact on the ...
https://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/faqs2/ria_609.asp

• The production of crops from land that does not receive and has not received (for a stated period of time) any inorganic inputs (fertilizers ...
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