Invasive plant Bidens pilosa as an ecofriendly antibiofilm-antimicrobial against Staphylococcus aureus for bovine mastitis controlOrganic Agriculture - Tập 13 - Trang 73-82 - 2022
Isadora N. Piccinin, Acacio A. F. Zielinski, Shirley Kuhnen
This study investigated the in vitro potential of the Bidens pilosa as an antibiofilm-antimicrobial against Staphylococcus aureus. This pathogen is the most common causative agent of bovine mastitis, a disease responsible for economic losses in dairy production worldwide. Three extracts were obtained by macerating B. pilosa shoots in 70% ethanol for 4 h, 48 h, or 7 days (BPE4h, BPE48h, BPE7d). BPE...... hiện toàn bộ
Ecological and socio-environmental impacts of conversion to organic dairy farmingOrganic Agriculture - Tập 12 - Trang 495-512 - 2022
Euclides Reuter de Oliveira, Elaine Barbosa Muniz, João Paulo Guimarães Soares, Andréa Maria de Araújo Gabriel, Jefferson Rodrigues Gandra, Alzira Salete Menegat, Janaina Tayna Silva, Nathalie Ferreira Neves, Orlando Filipe Costa Marques
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the transition of conventional dairy farming to an organic system in family-based agriculture. Eight dairy production units located in the Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, were implemented and evaluated. The findings regarding ecological, environmental, and social impacts of these productive units were presented under a comparative approach, between t...... hiện toàn bộ
Quality of organic foods—a model for comparative analysisOrganic Agriculture - Tập 9 - Trang 1-12 - 2018
E. Vasileva, D. Ivanova, N. Tipova, S. Stefanov
The quality and safety of organic products has been the subject of lively debate in the scientific community in recent years. The growing demand for organic food is based primarily on consumers’ concerns about the quality and safety and the perception that organic foods are healthier and safer than conventional foods. This paper identifies and makes analyses of comparative research studies on the ...... hiện toàn bộ
Modelling farm behaviour on soil fertility with the policy variable: a case from AfricaOrganic Agriculture - Tập 10 - Trang 43-56 - 2020
Gian L. Nicolay, Louis Chikopela, Boubacar Diarra, Andreas Fliessbach
This paper describes a new approach to make predictions on the behaviour of farms in Africa related to soil fertility management. Not only sectorial factors, but also the larger socio-economic context including policies influence the behaviour of small-scale farms. Science does not yet understand this context due to its vast heterogeneity, contingencies and complexity. We collected and processed q...... hiện toàn bộ
Changes in P fractions after long-term application of biogas slurry to soils under organic farmingOrganic Agriculture - Tập 6 - Trang 297-306 - 2015
Carmen Haase, Stefanie Wentzel, Reiner Schmidt, Rainer Georg Joergensen
In the present field study, the effects of applying biogas slurry for 25 years on soil microbiological and soil chemical properties were investigated in comparison with the application of raw cattle slurry. An on-farm research approach was used with pairwise comparison of neighboring fields, taking samples at a high spatial resolution from two biodynamic farms down to 10 cm. Texture, soil organic ...... hiện toàn bộ
Contribution of organic farming to public goods in DenmarkOrganic Agriculture - Tập 7 - Trang 243-266 - 2017
Lizzie Melby Jespersen, Dorte Lau Baggesen, Erik Fog, Kirsten Halsnæs, John Erik Hermansen, Lise Andreasen, Beate Strandberg, Jan Tind Sørensen, Niels Halberg
The potential contribution of organic farming to the public goods, ‘Nature and Biodiversity’, ‘Environment’, ‘Energy and Climate’, ‘Human Health and Welfare’ and ‘Animal Health and Welfare’ in Denmark is guided and partly secured by the principles and specific requirements of the EU Organic Regulation. However, other factors, such as the production type, farm size, geographical location and—not th...... hiện toàn bộ