Farmer’s Attitude towards Organic Farming Practices: A Concept of Sustainable Organic Farming Development in South Africa

Organic Farming in the Context of Sustainable Development

ORGANIC FARMING IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The article analyzes the role and place of organic farming in achievement of the main goals within the sustainable development concept. It discusses ecological, social, and economic advantages of introduction of organic farming and provides information about its expansion in EU countries. The article contains data on experience and probl...

Sustainable Land use and Organic Farming

There are 1.9 hectares of productive land available for each of the 6 billion people living in the world at present. In our industrialised Western society it is sometimes hard to realise quite how fundamental land is to our life on earth. The top six inches of land, which is soil, has to provide us with all our food. The land has to absorb much of our waste and is the catchment and filter for o...

Study of Barriers toward Development of Organic Farming

Today, with an increasingly global population, agricultural production systems should meet the growing needs of food by using the new technologies. Increases in the level of production have inevitably resulted in some environmental issues. Addressing these problems require the application of organic farming as a sustainable way of agriculture system which possesses many promised advantages. How...

Farming in South Africa

Environmental Awareness, Economic Orientation, and Farming Practices: A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Farmers

/ This study examines similarities and differences between organic and conventional farmers. We explore the factors that underlie farmers' conservation attitudes and behaviors, including demographic and farm characteristics, awareness of and concern for environmental problems associated with agriculture, economic orientation toward farming, and self-reported conservation practices. A series of ...