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| Oelofse, Myles; Hegh-Jensen, Henning; Abreu, Lucimar Santiago de; Almeida, Gustavo F.; El-Araby, Ahmed; Yu Hui, Qiao; Sultan, Tursinbek; Neergaard, Andreas de. |
| Certified organic agriculture stipulates a range of principles and standards, which govern farmer practices. The recent global expansion of organic agriculture has raised new challenges for organic agriculture, particularly whether management practices in organic farms are subject to the forces of conventionalisation. We studied changes in agroecological practices in certified organic farms in China, Brazil and Egypt. The study takes departure in the conventionalisation hypothesis and the analysis is framed using organic and agroecological principles. The study focuses on agroecological design principles, inherent to organic agriculture, of diversity in crop production, pest, disease and weed management, and soil fertility management. The research design... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22760/1/Organic%20farm%20%20conventionalissation%20and%20farmer%20pratices%20in%20China%2C%20Brasil%20and%20Egypt.pdf |
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