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Agroecological practices
The harmonisation of agricultural production systems with ecological processes, as well as sound social and economic practices, are the core principles of agroecology. But how are agroecological principles applied to farming practices? Agroecological farming practices, such as; the biological control of pests, integrating natural landscape elements into agricultural landscapes in order to decrease pesticide use, minimum tillage which increases soil biota activity and improve soil fertility. These are among some of the agroecological practices which aim to produce food in harmony with ecological processes, promoting sustainability, protecting biodiversity and mitigating climate change, while optimising ecosystem services.
Featured tools
Recommended toolImportance of robust varieties for sustainable organic pome fruit growing in the future (BIOFRUITNET Practice Abstract)
A reduced need for contentious inputs further enhances the sustainability of organic fruit growing and reduces labour and costs for the farm. This…
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SMART is an innovative instrument for holistic sustainability analysis and evaluation of agricultural and food companies and is based on the globally…
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In light of the new Organic Action Plan for the EU, which recognises the importance of research and innovation for organic, knowledge exchange on…
Tools
| Title | Issuing organisation | Project | Year of release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biobase - the most important french document archive specialised in organic... | ABioDoc - French Documentation Centre specialised... | 2021 | ||
| Importance of robust varieties for sustainable organic pome fruit growing in the... | FÖKO - Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Obstbau | Biofruitnet | 2023 | |
| Knowledge exchange platform for agroecology | SOLAGRO | OK-Net Arable | - | 3.2 (6) |
| Multi-species livestock farming (MIX-ENABLE Practice Abstract) | INRAE - National Research Institute for... , CRA-W - Walloon Agricultural Research Centre , FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , University BOKU Wien , Thünen-Institut , Tuscia University , SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Mix-Enable , CORE Organic Cofund | 2021 | |
| Organic living labs and lighthouse farms in Europe | TP Organics | 2022 | ||
| Perennial flower strips – a tool for improving pest control in fruit orchards | FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture | 2018 | ||
| Plant health care in organic farming | IFOAM Organics Europe | 2020 | ||
| Protein extraction from forage legumes (ProRefine Practice Abstract) | AU - Aarhus University | ProRefine , CORE Organic Cofund | 2022 | |
| RISE- Response-inducing sustainability evaluation | BFH-HAFL - Bern University of Applied... | 2000 | ||
| SMART- Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTine | FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture | 2016 | 4.7 (12) | |
| SOILapp | Sant’Anna - School of Advanced Studies - Pisa , Scuola Esperienziale Itinerante di Agricoltura... , AEGILOPS - The Greek Network for Biodiversity and... | OK-Net Arable | 2018 | |
| Species-appropriate feeding of fattening pigs | FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture | 2021 | ||
| Thematic newsletters from Abiodoc | ABioDoc - French Documentation Centre specialised... | 2021 | ||
| Wild bees and pollination | FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture | 2016 |
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