ecological agriculture Articles
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Our finest gold: agrarian perspectives on urban technology from the mid-19th century to present-day ecocyclical society
This study examines how agricultural science, from the mid-19th century to present day, has maintained that urban technology should be designed in response to agricultural interests. Recycling of urban waste was regarded in the mid-19th century as a way of augmenting the fertility of the soil, while at the same time solving the sanitary problems of urban communities. By about 1900 this ...
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Multiple sources of local knowledge: a global review of ways to reduce nuisance from the beneficial weaver ant Oecophylla
The weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina and O. longinoda are abundant in tropical Asia, Australia and Africa. Although local people and a handful of scientists appreciate the benefits these tree-dwelling ants bring in terms of medicinal and food source, protection of tree crops, and enhancement of fruit and nut quality, Oecophylla has one major drawback: it also bites people. Perception of this ...
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Haven or Hazard: The Ecology and Future of the Salton Sea
The Salton Sea, the largest inland body of water in the state of California, lies 35 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in one of the most arid regions in North America. With a surface elevation approximately 227 feet below that of the ocean, the Salton Sea is a study in contrasts: it is an agricultural drainage repository that provides vital habitat for more than 380 species of birds, a ...
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Operationalising eco-efficiency in agriculture: the example of specialised dairy farms in Flanders
Eco-efficiencies of a representative set of Flemish dairy farms were determined for the years 19891990 and 20002001. Eco-efficiency was measured as a combination of nitrogen (N) use efficiency and energy use efficiency, where N use efficiency (l milk kg-1 N surplus) is the ratio between the amount of produced milk and the farm-gate N surplus (= N input − N output). Energy use efficiency (l milk ...
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Emergy analysis of one century of agricultural production in the Rolling Pampas of Argentina
Historically, agricultural production in the Rolling Pampas of Argentina was characterised by low use of synthetic inputs. This changed during the 1990s, with the widespread adoption of technology privileged by neoclassical macroeconomic policies implemented in the same decade. In this paper, Emergy Accounting is used to quantitatively assess the ecological sustainability of agricultural systems ...
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A complete set of organic fertilizer equipment helps the development of ecological agriculture
The planting industry produces various crop straws every year, which is a large amount of sustainable and valuable resources. If comprehensively utilized, it can not only turn waste into treasure, protect the ecological environment, but also promote the sustainable development of agricultural production. Use the organic fertilizer production line to put the pretreated livestock and poultry manure ...
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Project - FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) in the center-west part of Cambodia is home to one of the region's most important agricultural systems, where farmers produce mainly cashew, mango, rice, and vegetables. The area is also severely threatened by climate change disruption as temperatures have steadily increased by a total of 0.8C° since 1950. At the same time, rainfall is becoming less ...
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Organic fertilizer equipment changes to green ecology
With the improvement of people's quality of life, people put forward higher requirements for agricultural products, non-toxic and pollution-free green food has gradually become a new favorite on the table, which also requires modern agricultural production to change to green ecology. People's demand for high-quality agricultural products promotes the development of organic fertilizer, which ...
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Seaweed extract uses in agriculture
In recent years, the damage caused by the blind and excessive application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has become more and more serious. To develop ecological agriculture, we must vigorously promote the use of biological fertilizers and pesticides. The abundant marine biological resources are a material treasure house for the development of ecological agriculture. Seaweed extracts is ...
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Market waste composting in Lima, Peru
The Empresa de Servicios Municipales de Limpieza de Lima (ESMLL and the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS) carried out in 1993 a joint research project oriented toward the recovery and use of market waste for compost production to benefit from the wastes generated in Lima.. This pilot project represents an effort aimed at solving the major waste ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Experience in improving fertiliser value of compost by enriching with urine
Urine contains a lot of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and could act as valuable plant fertiliser. But urine is often either flushed down a toilet or enters a pit latrine, thus being lost to agriculture and increasing surface and groundwater contamination with nitrogen. Ecological sanitation concepts are closing the loop of nutrients contained in wastewater with agriculture. Besides ...
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Reason for the rapid development of fertilizer production machine
In recent years, the development of organic fertilizer production equipment is faster and faster. In order to solve the problem of manure, farmers or aquicultures have focused their attention on manure processing by fertilizer production machine. The following is the introduction of organic fertilizer production equipment by Tianci fertilizer machine manufacturers. 1. Fertilizer production ...
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Organic fertilizer production line shouldering the agriculture development
All kinds of biological fertilizers are developing rapidly, and the annual output of many fertilizer plants reaches hundreds of thousands of tons. These bio fertilizers are characterized by high scientific and technological content, obvious yield increasing effect and pollution-free, which can improve crop yield. The popularization and application of fertilizer production line is of positive ...
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Development of a management tool to indicate the environmental impact of organic viticulture
Received for publication April 19, 2008. Organic viticulture is an important part of the European Union organic farming sector, and, according to the most recent surveys, 1.5% of European Union wine originates from organic farms, with an upward trend. This paper describes an environmental impact of an organic viticulture indicator (EIOVI) that can be reliably used in the management of organic ...
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Application of soil sensor for agriculture
Background: A moisture sensor that measures the current moisture content of the soil. Sensors into irrigation sensors help to help to facilitate more efficient distribution of water supplies. According to technical classification, soil sensors are divided into the following categories: Ground – installed below the ground to monitor the root zone; Aerial – Using drones to detect data, ...
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Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance Farm Day Out
Mark your diary for this event! AFSA (Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance) is hosting our inaugural Farm Day Out on the 17th of March at Jonai Farms (Eganstown, Vic), with a stellar line up of Australian bands, local food, booze, and mineral water, and the launch of our revolutionary book: Farming Democracy: Radically transforming the food system from the ground up! Farm Day Out is intended as ...
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The Future of Sustainable Agriculture: Urban Farming
By Dylan Fox: Dylan is a student from the University of Western Sydney and we are delighted to carry this story As more people become interested in their food they become more conscious about the farmers they support. Thus, a growing trend of urban farms is developing to satiate the demand for highly-nutritious fruits and vegetables. With the misnomer that people must own land to farm ...
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Learning about sustainable agriculture
For almost 20 years the Orange campus of firstly the University of Sydney and now Charles Sturt University has been teaching Australian and overseas students about sustainable agriculture. The course is offered as a post graduate Masters course and students spend 18 months at the campus as internal students although many of the Australian students study it by distance mode. The following photo ...
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Observing the nitrogen cycle in a green manure trial on an organic farm
As part of a 5 year Federal Government funded Landcare project in the Gippsland area of Victoria, a number of on-farm trials have taken place. One of these trials was monitoring a range of green manures on a certified organic vegetable farm. The demonstration trialled and compared 6 different green manure crops each year for 3 years against a control. The control was immediately adjacent to the ...
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Regenerative Agriculture - getting a boost in the marketplace
Yes – it had to happen and it has happened – quickly. The word regenerative is hardly out of the starting box and now there is a brand, Land to Market Australia, to showcase produce from regenerating landscapes. It includes an ‘ecological outcomes verified’ quality assurance program that doesn’t specify practice or process but aims to monitor changes to the ...
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