Moving towards low-chemical and caring farming systems

Moving towards Ecological Farming Plan Bee – Living without Pesticides

Executive Summary 3 1: Introduction 9 2: Factors causing bee declines – implications for agriculture 15 3: Ecological farming versus industrial agriculture – impacts on bees 21 4: Ecological pest control to eliminate the use of synthetic chemical pesticides 39 Appendix 1 54 Appendix 2 56 3 The drastic decline of wild and managed bee populations recorded in recent years in Europe and North Ameri...

Towards quantification of ecological sustainability in farming systems analysis

A tentative list of ecological attributes; diversity, cycling, stability and capacity, is proposed for quantification and ranking of farming systems along a hypothetical scale of increasing ecological sustainability. The modelling and preliminary analysis of four rice-based systems from the Philippines, two on-station experimental systems and two smallholder farms, confirms our intuitive percep...

Integrated livestock-fish farming systems Integrated livestock-fish farming systems

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Selection criteria towards competent and caring doctors.

Attitude of Nurses Towards Obesity and Caring to Obese Patients and Its Predictors in Northern Iran

Background & Aims: Obesity is a global public health problem. The discriminatory behavior of medical staff, including physicians and nurses, towards obese patients can affect their quality of care to these people. This study aims to determine the attitudes of nurses towords obesity and providing care to obese patients its predictors in northern Iran. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-an...