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Organic farming and biodiversity — Wikipedia (en)

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  title = {Organic farming and biodiversity — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming_and_biodiversity},
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The effect of organic farming has been a subject of interest for researchers. Theory suggests that organic farming practices, which exclude the use of most synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, may be beneficial for biodiversity. This is generally shown to be true for soils scaled to the area of cultivated land, where species abundance is, on average, 30% richer than that of conventional farms. However, for crop yield-scaled land the effect of organic farming on biodiversity is highly debated due to the significantly lower yields compared to conventional farms. In ancient farming practices, farmers did not possess the technology or manpower to have a significant impact on the destruction of biodiversity even as mass-production agriculture was rising. Nowadays, common farming methods generally rely on pesticides to maintain high yields. With such, most agricultural landscapes favor mono-culture crops with very little flora or fauna co-existence (van Elsen 2000). Modern organic farm practices such as the removal of pesticides and the inclusion of animal manure, crop rotation, and multi-cultural crops provide the chance for biodiversity to thrive.

Tema degli esploratori: terra, clima ed energia (deposito sistematico; categoria «Biodiversity»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Organic farming and biodiversity» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming_and_biodiversity
Wikidata Q7101847 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7101847
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming_and_biodiversity?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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