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| Znaor, Darko. |
| Due to the benefits of diversity, autonomous ecosystem management and careful farmers' stewardship, pest and disease control doesn't pose a profound problem in ecological agriculture practice. However, during the conversion period, and in ecological horticulture, particularly in fruit growing, this preventive control is often not sufficient enough, and additional control, mostly (curative) spraying is needed. This need for additional pest and disease control (spraying) in ecological horticulture, may be linked with our incomplete understanding of the role of those subsystems in the agro-ecosystem as a whole. Currently, organic standards normally do specify permitted (environmental friendly, mainly natural substances), prohibited (synthetic pesticides),... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Production systems Vegetables Values; Standards and certification Fruit and berries Crop health; Quality; Protection Environmental aspects Regulation. |
| Ano: 1994 |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector both in Croatia and elsewhere. However, there is some concern as to what a widespread adoption of organic farming would bring to society as a whole. The costs and benefits of this development and the associated trade-offs are largely unknown and have hardly been explored. There is a vast body of evidence showing that organic farming in most cases environmentally outperforms non-organic systems. However, organic farming is associated with lower yields and its further expansion might lead to job losses in some other sectors and potentially jeopardise the overall economic strength of a country. This research presents an attempt to assess the environmental and economic consequences of the large-scale adoption of... |
| Tipo: Thesis |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| The urge for more sustainable agriculture is increasingly recognized by the various parts of society (producers, consumers, scientists, policy makers, etc.). But in order to realize sustainable agriculture in practice it is not sufficient to change only the on-farm agricultural practices. Present socio-economic and political paradigms also need a change so that these can be able to support implementation of sustainable agriculture. The concept of Demonstration Centres for Applied Agricultural Sustainability (DCAAS) offers an interesting concept and operative tool for changes not only at the farm level. Well designed and professionally organized DCAAS don't have a potential to demonstrate only "excellence" of sustainable agricultural production in... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Education; Extension and communication Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 1996 |
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| Znaor, Darko; Bošnjaković, Branko. |
| Today, and especially in the years to come, agriculture, as well as all other human activities, will have to pay much more attention to their environmental impacts. In other words, it is expected that in the near future only technologies which care about environmental aspects will be promoted and accepted by policy makers, scientists, consumers, and society in general. This is not surprising since the environmental problems are among the most urgent ones our civilization will have to tackle and solve. This demand for more careful stewardship of environment is also acknowledged by philosophy of sustainable development - a widely recognized concept and necessity of future development. Although established at the very beginning of this century, ecological... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Nutrient turnover; Social aspects; Air and water emissions; Soil; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Food systems; Policy environments and social economy; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 1996 |
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| Znaor, Darko; Vollenbroek, Johan; Csikos, Imre. |
| More than a half of the territory of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is used for agricultural activities and agriculture represents an important economic activity of the region. But at the same time, agriculture in CEE is also a serious source of environmental degradations/pollution among which loss of biodiversity, soil and water ones seem to be most obvious. Moreover, regarding the pollution of water resources, particularly the surface water in CEE, it has been shown by several studies that agriculture represents major, much more serious source of pollution than any other sector (e.g. industry, transport, population, etc.). Among these studies, the results from the recent Danube Environmental Integrated Study, done within the framework of the UNDP... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 1966 |
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| Karoglan Todorović, Sonja; Znaor, Darko. |
| Land use and production The Croatian organic agriculture sector is still in an early stage of development but has recorded a rapid expansion over the last three years. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Croatia has some 7’000 hectares under organic management managed by some 250 (mostly family) farms. Cereals seem to account for more than 70 percent of the total organic production in Croatia. State regulations and support Organic farming in Croatia is regulated by the La w on Organic Agriculture adopted in 2001. In 2003 the government introduced subsidies to support organic farming (400 EUR/ha of arable land). This had a great impact on the development of the sector and the area under organic management in 2003 has increased... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Consumer issues; Policy environments and social economy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/26389/1/rippin-etal-2006-eisfom.pdf |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| The current agricultural operations cause a number of environmental and socio-economic problems and raise substantial ethical doubts. The call for the shift of the present agricultural paradigm and practices is acknowledged all across Europe. Ten years after the economic transition, the agricultural sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) still undergoes essential transformation. In spite of the policy efforts to restore the pre 90 inputs, low-external input agriculture prevails in most CEE countries. The transition to a market economy caused a huge price disparity between the agricultural commodities and agricultural inputs. The high prices of agri-chemicals and low prices of agricultural produce forced farmers to reduce agricultural inputs or refrain... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Farm economics; Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Research methodology and philosophy. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/26405/7/26405.pdf |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| This is report of a study involving nine European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania and Slovenia), as well as several regional (international) programmes, such as EU, Baltic Sea, Danube River Basin and the Black Sea programmes. The information needed to analyse the existing national and international policies and their implementation was obtained through a survey using a specially developed questionnaire. The answers were provided by a number of high governmental officials from the ministries of agriculture, environment and/or water management of the reviewed countries and the respected international organisations. The survey was complemented with information collected through a literature... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Farming Systems; Crop husbandry; Social aspects; Air and water emissions; Soil; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Policy environments and social economy; Environmental aspects; Farm nutrient management; Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 1999 |
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| Legro, Susan; Znaor, Darko; Landau, Seth. |
| Both the challenges and potential benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation are particularly apparent in Croatia's agricultural sector. In 2004, this sector emitted 3.558 Gg of CO2 equivalent, comprising 12 percent of the country’s anthropogenic GHG emissions in that year. Soil management accounted for 62 percent of these emissions, enteric fermentation (associated with animal digestive systems) accounted for 25 percent, and manure management for 13 percent. However, recent research suggests that the GHG emissions generated by Croatian agriculture and related activities (e.g., energy, farm-inputs, trade, transport, agricultural research, veterinary services) are responsible for 18 percent of all anthropogenic GHG emissions in Croatia. The... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| Water is a critical natural resource. It is used for drinking water, agriculture, wetlands services, and the production of hydroelectric energy, amongst others. Croatian fresh-water resources are abundant - indeed they are among the richest in Europe. Therefore, water resources are not considered a limiting factor for development in Croatia. However, while there is no shortage of water per se for use in Croatia, problems do exist. - First, a large amount of pumped water is wasted, which leads to lost revenue of up to EUR 286 million (0.9% of GDP) per year and increased GHG emissions resulting from the additional use of electricity for pumping. - Second, farmers often face water shortages at certain critical times of the year’s growing season and, in... |
| Tipo: Book chapter |
Palavras-chave: Recycling; Balancing and resource management Nutrient turnover Air and water emissions Policy environments and social economy Research methodology and philosophy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/26385/8/26385.pdf |
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| Znaor, Darko. |
| Next to soil, water is the resource mostly threatened with agricultural practices. Agricultural pollutants (fertilizers, pesticides, silage effluent, organic manures and other farm wastes) enter the water through the run off, erosion, leaching and rarely by direct input. Studies from various parts of the world have shown that agriculture represents major, much more serious source of water pollution than any other sector (industry, transport, population, tourism, etc.) or sometimes all these sectors together. The same counts for Danube, and this has been confirmed by the recent Danube Environmental Integrated Study. The damage to priority functions of ground and surface water in the Danube basin (DB) and part of the north western shelf of the Black Sea is... |
| Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Farming Systems Air and water emissions Values; Standards and certification Food systems Policy environments and social economy Environmental aspects Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 1997 |
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