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Nowadays nearly 40% of Earth’s land is used by agriculture. Large areas of arable land are covered by cash crops monocultures, and most common intensive agricultural practices are highly dependent on water, synthetic mineral fertilizers, chemical pesticides, and increasingly also on the products of genetic engineering. The mentioned means of agricultural production, aiming at maximizing yields while...
The quality of the organically produced fruit and vegetables is a frequent subject of research, but very few authors have investigated the differences in the content of biologically active compounds in organic agricultural crops depending on the age of the organic farms. At the same time, many studies have shown that the soil and the whole agroecosystems need time to stabilize after conversion of...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the environmental awareness of the organic and conventional farmers on the territory of the Podlaskie voivodeship. The results indicate that farmers engaged in conventional farming have lower environmental awareness about sources of environmental pollution of agricultural origin than the organic farmers. Despite the fact that most organic farmers...
The presented study gives an overview of recently published research investigating the health value of organic foods. Some in vitro studies indicated higher antimutagenic and antioxidant activity, as well as more effective inhibition of cancer cell proliferation by organic compared to conventional foods. Most of the well-designed animal model experiments carried out so far have demonstrated significant...
Organic farming is a system of agricultural production, in which a particularly strong emphasis is put on the use of natural biological processes taking place on the farm. Farming with the use of organic methods requires farmers to have extensive knowledge and to apply appropriate agricultural practices. The aim was to assess the existing advisory service and to identify the needs of developing particular...
Celem pracy była ocena oraz porównanie świadomości ekologicznej rolników gospodarujących metodami ekologicznymi i konwencjonalnymi na terenie powiatu grajewskiego, jak również ocena postaw prośrodowiskowych reprezentowanych przez rolników obu badanych grup. Z przeprowadzonych badań wynika, że wyższy poziom świadomości ekologicznej reprezentują rolnicy gospodarujący metodami ekologicznymi. Badania...
Rynek żywności ekologicznej rozwija się dynamicznie w -wielu krajach europejskich i w USA. Żywność ekologiczna jest postrzega- naprzez konsumentówjako bardziej bezpieczna i korzystnapod -względem -wartości smakowej i odżywczej. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie specyficznych cech żywności ekologicznej, -wyprodukowanej -według ściśle określonych zasad, oraz sposobujej oznakowania,pozwalającego na...
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