conventional agriculture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconventionalandagriculture
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conventional
adjective
uk/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition ofconventionalandagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A multi-criteria evaluation of the environmental performances of olive-growing systems environment to a lesser degree compared toconventionalagriculture.
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Other organic farmers explained that crop diversification and timing of planting helps them withstand threats fromconventionalagricultureinduced pests and diseases.
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The latter point is definitely given more emphasis in organic than inconventionalagriculture.
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A corollary is that organic agriculture requires more land to produce food thanconventionalagriculture does, thus offsetting any environmental benefits of organic production18.
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The literature is dominated by comparisons of organic andconventionalagricultureand interpretation of these studies is fraught with difficulty.
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During this period, there was little effective dialogue between the organic community andconventionalagriculture.
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Little wonder the world ofconventionalagricultureremains sceptical!
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Evaluation and review of this paper have raised important issues about crop rotations under organic versusconventionalagricultureand the reliability of grey-literature sources.
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Consequently,conventionalagricultureis the avenue of choice, offering in the process better access to health care, education, markets, credit and other benefits of development.
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It considersconventionalagricultureto be non-sustainable and ascribes the fact that biodiversity use has not been more widely adopted so far, to perverse incentives.
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Comparing the ecology and economics of sustainable andconventionalagriculture.
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A growing interest in organic agriculture has prompted numerous studies comparing aspects of organic andconventionalagriculture.
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The research methods used in organic farming are rarely different from those used inconventionalagriculture.
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This will not necessarily eliminate all the problems associated with contemporaryconventionalagriculture but should go a long way to alleviating many of them.
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Fewer females were involved in garden production than inconventionalagriculture.
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A transition to sustainable practices fromconventionalagricultureis going to be difficult.
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Another critical issue is the extreme dependence on fossil fuels inconventionalagricultureand the entire food system.
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This design was intended to be a step betweenconventionalagricultureand natural systems agriculture43.
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This result may be a re-ection of the belief that organic food products are healthier than products grown fromconventionalagriculture.
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However, in future an increased transfer of knowledge from organic toconventionalagricultureand vice versa is envisaged.
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