Comparison of organic versus conventional farming: results from long-term lysimeter studies
Organic farming (OF) has established itself as an alternative to conventional farming. Currently, only a few results are available from long-term studies examining the effects of OF on the environment and agriculture. The effects of organic soil cultivation were investigated in a 32-year long-term experiment (from 1991 to 2023) using non-weighable gravity lysimeters, taking into […]
Is organic farming truly sustainable? Estimating the environmental milk costs of Italian alpine dairy farms
Most studies on dairy farming’s environmental impacts have utilized Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), focusing on emissions quantification within advantaged regions. However, monetizing these emissions offers a more precise and comparable framework for evaluating different farming systems. This study aims to estimate the true costs of milk production by assessing both the economic and environmental impacts […]
Healthy and safe organic food in the function of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation with a focus on global trends and innovations
Healthy and safe organic food plays a crucial role in environmental protection and biodiversity conservation. Organic agriculture is an approach to cultivating healthy and safe food and other agricultural products that rely on natural methods and processes, avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and other synthetic substances. The primary goal […]
Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture
Published in Science – Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. […]
Vantaggi ambientali, sociali ed economici della diversificazione delle pratiche agricole
Un nuovo studio pubblicato sulla rivista Science dimostra che l’aumento della diversificazione agricola apporta contemporaneamente benefici ambientali e sociali, creando molteplici situazioni vantaggiose per tutti.
Study on the environmental impacts of achieving 25% organic land by 2030
The report ‘Study on the environmental impacts of achieving 25% organic land by 2030’ outlines and quantifies the benefits – in terms of the environment, climate change mitigation, reduced nitrogen pollution and improved biodiversity – that would be obtained by achieving 25% organic farmland in the EU. In particular, total GHG emissions would be reduced […]
Concluso il progetto OK-Net EcoFeed: importante supporto per i produttori biologici
Negli ultimi tre anni, 21 organizzazioni di 12 paesi europei hanno partecipato al progetto OK-Net EcoFeed di Horizon 2020 per aiutare gli agricoltori a raggiungere il 100% di utilizzo di mangimi biologici e regionali per suini e pollame.
Organic Farm Knowledge: si amplia la piattaforma online
La Organic Farm Knowledge Platform (QUI il toolbox per accedervi) fornisce informazioni pratiche per agricoltori e consulenti biologici.
Transforming olive grove conventional farming system into organic in Crete, using Integrated Natural Resources Management practices – Policy recommendation for sustainable use of natural resources in olive grove farming
The olive farming is an important agricultural sector in the European Union, particularly in the southern Mediterranean coastline countries. More than 95 % of the olive production in the EU-28 is concentrated in the Member States, Spain, Italy and Greece. The EU is the global leader in olive production, accounting for almost 70% of total […]
