Organic Farming A Promising Way of Food Production

365 Pages·2016·12.888 MB·English

by  Petr Konvalina

Organic Farming
A Promising Way of Food Production
Edited by Petr Konvalina
Organic Farming: A Promising Way of Food Production
Edited by Petr Konvalina
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C ontents
Preface
Chapter 1 The Role of Biological Diversity in Agroecosystems and Organic
Farming
by Beata Feledyn-Szewczyk, Jan Kuś, Jarosław Stalenga, Adam K.
Berbeć and Paweł Radzikowski
Chapter 2 Organic Farming as an Essential Tool of the Multifunctional
Agriculture
by Elpiniki Skoufogianni, Alexandra Solomou, Aikaterini Molla and
Konstantinos Martinos
Chapter 3 Pollution Prevention, Best Management Practices, and
Conservation
by Maliha Sarfraz, Mushtaq Ahmad, Wan Syaidatul Aqma Wan
Mohd Noor and Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
Chapter 4 Organic Weed Control and Cover Crop Residue Integration
Impacts on Weed Control, Quality, Yield and Economics in Conservation
Tillage Tomato-A Case Study
by Andrew J. Price, Leah M. Duzy, Kip S. Balkcom, Jessica A.
Kelton, Ted S. Kornecki and Lina Sarunaite
Chapter 5 Preliminary Results Regarding the Use of Interspecific
Hybridization of Sunflower with Helianthus argophyllus for Obtaining New
Hybrids with Drought Tolerance, Adapted to Organic Farming
by Florentina Sauca and Catalin Lazar
Chapter 6 Biochar Technology for Sustainable Organic Farming
by Suarau O. Oshunsanya and OrevaOghene Aliku
Chapter 7 Role of Organic Sources of Nutrients in Rice (Oryza sativa)
Based on High Value Cropping Sequence
by Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Subhash Babu, Gulab Singh Yadav,
Raghavendra Singh and Manoj Kumar Yadav
VI Contents
Chapter 8 Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.)
by Petr Dvořák, Jaroslav Tomášek, Karel Hamouz and Michaela
Jedličková
Chapter 9 Organic Tuber Production is Promising — Implications of a
Decade of Research in India
by Suja Girija, Sreekumar Janardanan, Jyothi Alummoottil
Narayanan and Santosh Mithra Velayudhan Santhakumari
Chapter 10 Abundance and Risk Factors for Dermatobiosis in Dairy Cattle
of an Organic Farm in the Tropical Region
by Mônica Mateus Florião and Wagner Tassinari
Chapter 11 Organic Livestock Farming — Challenges, Perspectives, and
Strategies to Increase Its Contribution to the Agrifood System’s
Sustainability — A Review
by Alfredo J. Escribano
Chapter 12 Organic Dairy Sheep Production Management
by Juan C. Angeles Hernandez, Octavio A. Castelan Ortega, Sergio
Radic Schilling, Sergio Angeles Campos, A. Hilda Ramirez Perez and
Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo
Chapter 13 The Use of Organic Foods, Regional, Seasonal and Fresh
Food in Public Caterings
by Jan Moudry Jr, Jan Moudry and Zuzana Jelinkova
Chapter 14 Alternative Foods — New Consumer Trends
by Mehdi Zahaf and Madiha Ferjani
Chapter 15 Conventional and Organic Farming — Does Organic Farming
Benefit Plant Composition, Phenolic Diversity and Antioxidant Properties?
by Alfredo Aires
Chapter 16 Quality and Nutrient Contents of Fruits Produced Under
Organic Conditions
by Taleb Rateb Abu-Zahra

Preface
Organic farming is a progressive method of farming and food
production it does not mean going back to traditional (old) methods of
farming. Many of the traditional farming methods used in the past are
still useful today. Organic farming takes the best of these and
combines them with modern scientific knowledge.
Authors' task was to write a book where many different existing
studies could be presented in a single volume, making it easy for the
reader to compare methods, results and conclusions. As a result,
studies from different countries have been compiled into one book.
I believe that the opportunity to compare results and conclusions from
different authors will create a new perspective in organic farming and
food production. I hope that our book will help researchers and
students from all over the world to attain new and interesting results
in the field of organic farming and food production.

Chapter 1
The Role of Biological Diversity in Agroecosystems and
Organic Farming
Beata Feledyn-Szewczyk, Jan Kuś, Jarosław Stalenga, Adam K. Berbeć and
Paweł Radzikowski
Additional information is available at the end of the chapter
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61353
Abstract
Ecosystems are the basis of life and all human activities. Conservation of biological
diversity is very important for the proper functioning of the ecosystem and for
delivering ecosystem services. Maintaining high biodiversity in agroecosystems
makes agricultural production more sustainable and economically viable. Agricul‐
tural biodiversity ensures, for example, pollination of crops, biological crop protec‐
tion, maintenance of proper structure and fertility of soils, protection of soils against
erosion, nutrient cycling, and control of water flow and distribution. The effects of the
loss of biodiversity may not be immediately apparent, but they may increase the
sensitivity of the ecosystems to various abiotic and biotic stresses. The combination
of biodiversity conservation with profitable food production is one of the tasks of
modern sustainable agriculture that faces the necessity of reconciling the productive,
environmental, and social goals. As further intensification of production and increase
in the use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and water to increase yields are increas‐
ingly criticized, global agriculture is looking for other biological and agrotechnical
methods in order to meet the requirements of global food production.
Keywords: Biological diversity, ecosystem, agroecosystem, ecosystem services, organ‐
ic agriculture
1. Introduction
In compliance with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted in Rio de Janeiro
in 1992, biological diversity is the variability among living organisms inhabiting all environ‐