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| Chander, Mahesh; Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari; Mukherjee, Reena; Kumar, Sanjay. |
| Agrochemicals, veterinary drugs, antibiotics and improved feeds can increase the food supply while minimising production costs in various livestock production systems around the world. However, these days, quality-conscious consumers are increasingly seeking environmentally safe, chemical-residue-free healthy foods, along with product traceability and a high standard of animal welfare, which organic production methods are said to ensure. Organic production is not only a challenge for producers in developing countries, it offers new export opportunities as well. Organic agriculture is practised by 1.8 million producers in 160 countries, and production of organically grown food continues to increase steadily by 15% per year. Most tropical countries are now... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Animal husbandry. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24248/7/24248.pdf |
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| Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari; Chander, Mahesh. |
| Organic fanning is increasingly being seen as one sustainable option to farmers, among the alternatives to conventional input intensive farming systems. Uttarakhand in India is promoting organic agriculture state state through registering the farmers and providing them necessary support including marketing in crop sector. However, these registered organic farmers, who maintain two or more than two livestock species under crop-livestock mixed farming systems, not yet geared to organic livestock production per se. As 'organic' is a process claim rather than a product claim, the study on the compatibility of animal husbandry practices of registered organic farmers with the recommended organic livestock production standards, may provide an idea of the... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Animal husbandry. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24250/7/24250.pdf |
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| Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari; Chander, Mahesh. |
| In Uttarakhand organic farming is being promoted through a special institution i.e. Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board (UOCB) through registering the farmers and orienting them towards organic farming. Organic farmers currently practicing and marketing only organic crop products. However, their livestock production practices are also similar to recommended organic standards. Hence, to document their livestock production practices, a total of 180 registered organic farmers selected through multistage sampling technique studied during 2006-07. Cent percent of registered organic farmers were involved in mixed farming enterprises and most of them were with more than one livestock species (farm diversity). The breeds maintained by these farmers were of... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Animal husbandry. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24253/7/24253.pdf |
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| Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari; Chander, Mahesh. |
| Among several benefits of organic agriculture, emphasis on gender equality is one important aspect which makes it unique as it is believed that it empowers women. This can be contrasted with conventional agriculture, which is said to marginalise women. To understand gender dynamics in organic farming, 111 men and 69 women registered organic farmers were studied using a semi-structured interview schedule and on-farm observations in the context of livestock production activities during 2006-07 in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, which has embraced organic agriculture by declaring itself as first organic state in India. Land and livestock ownership was mostly with men, whereas income was jointly managed by both men and women followed by women members... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24252/7/24252.pdf |
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| Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari; Chander, Mahesh. |
| Organic farming an innovative area gaining importance worldwide and became a boon to the areas which are organic by default and far from the reach of green revolution technologies. Uttarakhand state in India, where most of its farming is organic by default, promoting organic farming in a systematic way through creation of special institutions like UOCB. As attitudes assist individuals in processing complex information and to make decisions, an instrument has been developed to measure attitude of organic farmers towards organic livestock farming, for which ‘Likert method of summated ratings’ was followed. A total of 102 statements were developed from the subject matter of organic animal husbandry standards, worked out by the Ministry of Commerce and... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Animal husbandry; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/24263/3/24263.pdf |
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