Practical Organic Farming

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Organic farming and gardening systems and approaches 3 Principles of organic agriculture 4 Organic farming soil fertility soil structure crop nutrition crop rotation and crop health 5 Permitted pesticides in organic farming 6 Soil fertility and biodiversity in organic farming 7 Using organic fungicides 8 Genetically modified crops hope for developing countries 9 Organically fertilised soils reduced nitrate leaching and enhanced denitrified activity 10 Impacts of organic farming on biodiversity 11 Regenerative organic farming a solution to global warming 12 Organic fertilizer 13 Organic food 14 Motivations for organic agriculture 15 Green maturing for tropical organic cropping 16 Organic farming and biodiversity 17 Organic products Bibliography Index Beginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy marketing and research No longer dismissed as unscientific and counterproductive organic techniques are now taken seriously by farmers consumers scientists food processors marketers and regulatory agencies in much of the worldOrganic farming is both dynamic and forward looking but is also rooted in tradition It is these traditions that can provide valuable starting points in debates over how organic farming should meet new challenges such as globalization the emergence of new production techniques and growing concern over equality and social justice agriculture Complementing general discussions with case histories of important organic institutions in various countries this comprehensive discussion is that first to explore the development of agriculture jacket 240 pp.…