Organic agriculture refers to a farming system that enhance soil fertility through maximizing
the efficient use of local resources, while foregoing the use of agrochemicals, the use of …

Literature on the conversion to organic farming is scattered. However, both the conversion of
farmers to organic farming and of consumers to organic food are the driving forces for the …

This paper assesses the extent, scope and importance of financial support for Polish organic
farming from 2004 to 2019. The analysis focuses particularly on how the changes in the …

The conservation of biodiversity is a major goal in nature conservation, but measuring the
total biodiversity of a site or a region is not possible; thus there is a great demand for …

Bioindication has experienced renewed interest over the last decade, precipitated largely by
the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)(Glowka et al., 1994) and the 2010 target …

Halberg, N. 2012. Assessment of the environmental sustainability of organic farming:
Definitions, indicators and the major challenges. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 981–996. The debate …

Can organic agriculture elaborate a scientifically based, resource-efficient and
agroecological approach to low-input farm management? This review examines the …

Intensive conventional farm management, characterized by high agrochemicals input, could
alter the composition of microbial communities with potential negative effects on both …

Organic dairy farmers in Denmark currently are implementing automatic milking systems
(AMS) to save labour costs. As organic agriculture aims at sustainable production, the …

Purpose: Farmers hold a key to reaching biodiversity targets, but will only carry out this
service to society if they are sufficiently motivated to do so. The aim of this study is to …