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1 Concept and global scenario of organic farming |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Concept of organic farming |
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2 | (2) |
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1.3 Global scenario of organic farming |
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4 | (11) |
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15 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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2 Conservation agricultural practices under organic farming |
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17 | (1) |
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2.2 Conservation agriculture (CA) and its advantages |
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17 | (2) |
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2.3 Challenges in adopting conservation practices in organic farming (OF) |
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19 | (1) |
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2.4 Soil health and quality as affected by CA and OF |
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19 | (6) |
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2.5 Impact of CA and OF on weed, disease and pest management |
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25 | (3) |
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2.6 Impact on crop performances |
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28 | (1) |
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2.7 Introduction of new optimized techniques |
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29 | (1) |
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2.8 Conclusion and future outlook |
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30 | (9) |
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31 | (8) |
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3 Soil fertility management in organic farming |
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3.1 Loss of organic matter and its restoration |
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39 | (1) |
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3.2 Management controls on soil carbon |
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39 | (2) |
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3.3 Soil fertility renewal and preservation: Organic farming |
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41 | (1) |
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3.4 Nutrient cycling in depleted organic reservoir |
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41 | (2) |
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3.5 Resource optimization |
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43 | (1) |
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3.6 Organic fertility is not a matter of input substitution |
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43 | (1) |
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3.7 Biologically mediated buffering |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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4 Microbial community structure in organic farming and their management |
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4.1 Soil microbes in organic farming: An introduction |
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47 | (1) |
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4.2 Soil microbial abundance and diversity in organic soils |
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48 | (3) |
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4.3 The development of disease suppression in organic soils |
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51 | (1) |
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4.4 Soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen as reliable soil health indicators in organic soils |
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52 | (1) |
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4.5 Soil microbial respiration in organic soils |
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53 | (1) |
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4.6 Does organic soils promote microbial enzyme activities? |
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53 | (1) |
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4.7 Factors affecting soil microbial abundance and diversity in organic soils |
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54 | (1) |
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4.8 Management of soil microbial structure under organic fanning |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (4) |
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56 | (3) |
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5 Use of microbial biostimulants in organic farming |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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5.3 Microbial biostimulants |
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61 | (2) |
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5.4 Commercially available biopreparations and bioproducts |
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63 | (2) |
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5.5 Mechanism associated with microbial biostimulants |
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65 | (2) |
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5.6 Microorganisms affecting stress tolerance |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (6) |
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69 | (6) |
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6 Remediation of salt affected soils through microbes to promote organic farming |
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6.1 Soil salinization: Extent and potential threats to crop productivity |
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75 | (1) |
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6.2 Soil salinity management with beneficial soil microorganisms |
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75 | (3) |
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6.3 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for ameliorating salinity stress |
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78 | (1) |
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6.4 Halophiles: Overview and classification |
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79 | (1) |
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6.5 Mechanisms of salt stress alleviation via PGPR |
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80 | (6) |
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6.6 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Bio-ameliorators of saline soils |
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86 | (1) |
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6.7 Cyanobacteria: An add-ons of the beneficial soil microbiota |
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87 | (1) |
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6.8 Rhizosphere engineering: Manipulating the plant-microbiome interactions in saline soils |
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87 | (1) |
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6.9 Future studies and conclusions |
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88 | (5) |
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89 | (4) |
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7 Improving soil micronutrient availability under organic farming |
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93 | (1) |
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7.2 Micronutrients and plant health |
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94 | (1) |
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7.3 Micronutrients for human and animal health |
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94 | (1) |
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7.4 Micronutrient diagnosis approaches |
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95 | (1) |
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7.5 Micronutrients sources and behavior in soil |
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96 | (2) |
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7.6 Micronutrients in relation to manures and fertilizers |
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98 | (5) |
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7.7 Kunapajala and Panchagavya manures in relation to micronutrients |
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103 | (1) |
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7.8 Organic sources in relation to micronutrients |
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104 | (3) |
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7.9 Soil organic build-up on micronutrient dynamics and transformations |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (6) |
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109 | (6) |
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8 Organic plant nutrient, protection and production management |
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115 | (1) |
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8.2 Organic plant nutrition |
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115 | (7) |
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122 | (4) |
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8.4 Organic production management |
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126 | (7) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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9 Role of biofertilizers and biopesticides in organic farming |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (18) |
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9.4 Concluding remarks and future prospects |
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152 | (9) |
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153 | (6) |
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159 | (2) |
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10 Toward the mitigation of biotic and abiotic stresses through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (9) |
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169 | (4) |
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11 Organic seed production and certification with special reference to Rajasthan |
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173 | (1) |
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11.2 Seed and organic seed |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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11.4 National Organic Standards (NOS) for organic seed production |
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176 | (1) |
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11.5 Crop production plan |
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176 | (1) |
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11.6 Basis of organic seed production |
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177 | (1) |
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11.7 Plant breeding for organic agriculture |
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177 | (1) |
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11.8 Relevant facet for organic seed production |
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177 | (1) |
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11.9 Organic seed production |
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178 | (5) |
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11.10 Organic certification mark |
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183 | (1) |
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11.11 Guidelines for certification of grower's crop (organized group of farmer involved in organic crop production) |
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183 | (1) |
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11.12 Breeding strategy for organic cultivar development |
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183 | (1) |
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11.13 Squeezing of biological diversity |
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183 | (1) |
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11.14 Certified organic products (COPs) |
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183 | (1) |
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11.15 Organic seed certification |
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184 | (1) |
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11.16 With perspective to Rajasthan |
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184 | (1) |
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11.17 Need for organic seed certification |
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184 | (1) |
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11.18 Various forms available |
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185 | (1) |
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11.19 Criteria to be fulfilled during investigation for certification |
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185 | (1) |
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11.20 Application procedure for organic certification |
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185 | (1) |
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11.21 For individual organic operator following documents are required with application forms |
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185 | (1) |
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11.22 Requirement for registration as organic grower groups |
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186 | (1) |
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11.23 Progressive implementation |
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187 | (1) |
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11.24 Need of organic farming/agriculture |
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187 | (1) |
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11.25 Benefits of organic seed systems |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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11.27 Facts to overcome constraints/challenges of organic seed production |
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188 | (1) |
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11.28 Key challenges while promoting organic farming |
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189 | (1) |
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11.29 Strategies to promote organic farming |
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189 | (1) |
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11.30 Suggested organic farming techniques/recommended techniques for organic farming |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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12 Organic vegetable production and its impact on soil, environment and society |
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191 | (1) |
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12.2 Organic vegetable productions |
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192 | (2) |
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12.3 Disease and pest management in organic vegetables |
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194 | (2) |
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12.4 Soil health management in organic vegetables |
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196 | (3) |
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12.5 Impact on environment |
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199 | (3) |
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12.6 Impact of organic vegetable production on society |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (5) |
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204 | (5) |
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13 Toward the organic product certification: Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in the certification process and the contribution of Ecovida Agroecology Network |
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Luciano Zanetti Pessoa Candiotto |
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209 | (1) |
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13.2 Organic product certification |
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210 | (1) |
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13.3 Historical elements of organic certification |
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211 | (2) |
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13.4 Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS): Studies and principles |
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213 | (3) |
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13.5 The relationship between PGS and agroecology |
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216 | (1) |
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13.6 PGS and the Ecovida Agroecology Network |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (3) |
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221 | (2) |
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14 Challenges and prospective trends of various industrial and solid wastes incorporated with sustainable green concrete |
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Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah |
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223 | (1) |
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14.2 Supplementary waste materials |
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224 | (11) |
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14.3 Prospective trends en route for manufacturing of concrete with green concept |
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235 | (1) |
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14.4 An existing hindrances and challenges encountered in pathway of green concrete |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (4) |
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238 | (3) |
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15 Conventional versus organic farming: Nutrient status |
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241 | (2) |
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15.2 Nutrient status: Conventional v/s organic food |
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243 | (5) |
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15.3 Effects of organic farming practices on soil properties |
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248 | (1) |
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15.4 Challenges with organic food |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (5) |
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250 | (4) |
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254 | (1) |
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