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Organic Farming A Promising Way of Food Production Edited by Petr Konvalina Organic Farming: A Promising Way of Food Production Edited by Petr Konvalina Stole src from http://avxhome.se/blogs/exLib/ Published by ExLi4EvA Copyright © 2016 All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers, this license allows users to download, copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Technical Editor AvE4EvA MuViMix Records Cover Designer Спизжено у ExLib: avxhome.se/blogs/exLib First published March 11, 2016 Stole src from http://avxhome.se/blogs/exLib: ISBN-10: 953-51-2256-8 Спизжено у ExLib: avxhome.se/blogs/exLib ISBN-13: 978-953-51-2256-2 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‐

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