This paper presents an approach to select the best farming strategy considering various criteria. The goal is to help a farmer to take appropriate decision in farming. Two possible alternatives are consideredConventional farming and Organic farming. These farming types are evaluated by MCDM technique taking into account three criteria viz. Productivity, Marketing, and Health-Environment Friendl...

Organic Dairy farming means raising dairy animals on organic feed and providing them the access to pasture, along with the restricted usage of antibiotics and hormones. Whereas organic fruits, vegetables, grains, and some livestock have long been mainstays of the organic movement, organic dairy is a relative newcomer. Organic dairy surged into the organic marketplace in the 1990s, establishing ...

20 MARIE TRYDEMAN KNUDSEN, IB SILLEBAK KRISTENSEN, JØRGEN BERNTSEN, BJØRN MOLT PETERSEN & ERIK STEEN KRISTENSEN Adresses: Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming (DARCOF), P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark Research Centre Foulum, Department of Agroecology, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark Short title: N leaching losses for organic and conventional farming

Organic farming has grown rapidly in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Idaho, and Washington) during the past decade. Certified organic acreage in Washington alone increased eight-fold between 1993 and 2002. Yet the 145,000 certified acres in the three states still comprise less than 1% of the total farmland base. With the growth of the organic sector has come a commensurate expansion of research,...

in recent years, increased public awareness of the detriment of consuming common products, during whose production chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used, on the one hand, and also the benefits of organic farming for health and environment, on the other hand, have caused an increase in the demand for organic products. due to the yield loss in product in organic farming because of the lack...

The intensification and expansion of modern agriculture is amongst the greatest current threats to worldwide biodiversity. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, dramatic declines in both range and abundance of many species associated with farmland have been reported in Europe, leading to growing concern over the sustainability of current intensive farming practices. Purportedly sustainable...

Our paper seeks to assess the decision to adopt organic farming practices. More specifically, we use Duration Analysis (DA) to determine why farmers adopt organic farming and the timing of adoption. We extend previous studies by including farmers’ objectives, risk preferences and agricultural policies as covariates in the DA model. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used as a multi-crite...

The greatest challenge for agriculture is to reduce the trade-offs between productivity and long-term sustainability. Therefore, it is interesting to analyse organic agriculture which is a given set of farm practices that emphasise ecological sustainability. Organic agriculture can be characterised as being less driven by off-farm inputs and being better embedded in ecosystem functions. The lit...

One of the recent trends in animal production is the revival of interest in organic farming. The increased consumer interest in organic animal farming is mainly due to concerns about animal welfare and the use of antibiotics in conventional farming. On the other hand, providing animals with a more natural lifestyle implies their increased exposure to environmental sources of different microorga...

While organic farming is well established in Europe a nd USA, it is still catching up in Asian countries. The government of South Korea has implemented environmentally friendly farming that encompasses organic farming. Despite the promotion of environmentally friendly farming, it still has a low share in South Korea and partially converted farming has emerged in some districts of South Korea. H...