organic agriculture
collocation in Englishmeaningsoforganicandagriculture
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organic
adjective
uk/ɔːˈɡæn.ɪk/us/ɔːrˈɡæn.ɪk/
not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition oforganicandagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While not excludingorganicagriculture, it is a broader concept that may be closer to 'sustainable' agriculture.
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Integrating the environmental and economic consequences of converting toorganicagriculture: evidence from a case study.
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Four types of relationships betweenorganicagricultureand agritourism will be discussed first in this study.
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However,organicagriculturestill represents less than 2% of the state's agricultural production7.
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Others describeorganicagricultureas a useful and complex example of the way in which nature features in contemporary food production and consumption8,9.
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Consequently, the value oforganicagricultureis not only within the commodities and goods economy.
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These goals contain the same elements that form the framework fororganicagriculture.
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Participants in all of the focus groups were dedicated to the land stewardship goals oforganicagriculture, and were enthusiastic about their organic farming systems.
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Working within the principles oforganicagricultureand thus acknowledging the values of the system is also an important context for research.
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Attempting to write a global geographical perspective onorganicagricultureis a major challenge.
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Our models demonstrate thatorganicagriculturecan contribute substantially to a more sustainable system of food production.
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This difference reflects the purposeful selection of producers by the organic contracting company, especially during the introduction oforganicagricultureto the region.
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Thus, the principal arguments from critics oforganicagricultureare invalid.
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The prospect thatorganicagriculturehas the potential to feed the world is welcome news in light of the contradictions of modern agriculture1.
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Forty-one percent of respondents believe thatorganicagricultureshould be a priority area for research and extension education in the northeast.
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Next, the results from the empirical analysis on traceability issues inorganicagricultureare presented.
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Assessing the consequences of converting toorganicagriculture.
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At best, regional utilization could help to recycle these nutrients fororganicagriculture.
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A corollary is thatorganicagriculturerequires more land to produce food than conventional agriculture does, thus offsetting any environmental benefits of organic production18.
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They concluded that large-scale conversion toorganicagriculturewould not severely diminish either the global food supply or food security in developing regions.
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