797 research outputs found
Kleines Plastik, grosse Wirkung?
No full textPlastik beherrscht in vielen Bereichen unseren Alltag – so auch in der Landwirtschaft. Wie viel bereits in unsere Äcker eingetragen wurde und welche Folgen dies für Mensch, Tier und Umwelt hat, ist noch nicht hinreichend bekannt. Ein Überblick von Dominika Kundel und Kolleg*innen
Inspiring Farmers For Healthy Farming
Full text link"The health and nutritional value of agricultural food products is strongly linked to, and inherently dependent on the production process and farm system. However, there are currently only limited options for transferring and measuring farm-health principles at farm level (Vieweger and Döring, 2015). In our previous work we have shown how organic farmers have developed their own strategies and philosophies for running healthy farming systems and increase the health of soils, plants, animals and humans. Such tacit farmer knowledge and awareness of a holistic systems-approach to health in food production can contribute crucial information and practical understanding for food system sustainability. The current project builds on these earlier findings, using participatory multi-actor approaches to collaborate with the established international network. The farmer groups in Germany, Austria and the UK aimed to 1) conceptualize health criteria on farms, such as ‘Is a nutrient or humus balance calculated?‘, ‘How much time is spent for observation and reflection?’, ‘Are regionally adapted breeds and varieties used?’; and 2) develop a concept for farmer-to-farmer learning, defining most appropriate conditions and methodologies for the multiplication of this knowledge. With a co-learning approach, we aim to allow a flexible integration of farmer knowledge and experience, thereby inspiring farmers to reflect on the potential ways they can improve health in their system, and further develop their individual methods over time; this approach also aims to help research identify general drivers of farm health.
FiBL Gemüsebau-Newsletter 04/25
No full textDer Frühling hat ja in den letzten Wochen so richtig Einzug gehalten: mit warmen, sonnigen Tagen, aber doch vielerorts noch Bodenfrost durch die Nacht! Wir melden uns in dieser April-Ausgabe des Newsletters mit neuen Themen aus dem Biogemüsebau. Dieses Mal stellen wir die aktualisierten Pflanzenschutzempfehlungen für den Biogemüsebau vor. Das Merkblatt umfasst detaillierte Informationen über die wichtigsten Schaderreger und Pflanzenkrankheiten, deren Merkmale sowie gezielte Massnahmen vor und nach der Aussaat und bei Befall. Die Ausgabe 2025 enthält umfassende Strategien für neunzehn Kulturgruppen, darunter Tomaten, Lauch, Karotten und erstmals auch Basilikum. Weitere Themen sind:
• Einsatz von Kulturschutznetzen
• Falsches Saatbett
• Aktuelles zum Jordanviru
The quality of organic market data: providing data that is both fit for use and convenient
No full textMembers of the organic supply chain need high-quality data to make correct investment decisions, but data with sufficient depth and quality are not widely available in Europe. The quality of available data is a key concern for both data collectors and data users. The aim of this study is to identify whether the commonly used quality attributes (accuracy, coherence, comparability, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility, relevance), which have been developed from the perspective of data collectors, are also appropriate from the perspective of end users of organic market data. A further aim is to assess whether the data quality needs of end users are being met by the existing data. The results of two surveys carried out in Europe, one of data collectors and one of end users, are presented. Sales data at retail level (values and volumes) are used as an illustrative example and the perceptions of end users are compared with the reported data collection approaches, quality checks and availability of data. Correlation analysis and principal component analysis were used to investigate the relationship between users’ perceptions of the data quality attributes and their overall perceptions of
data quality. The findings suggest that data quality checks do help to improve the quality of data as perceived by end users but that people will use whatever data they can get, even if it has poor quality. This could have potentially negative consequences, such as a lack of confidence in the organic market, if important decisions are based on poor quality data. The analysis also suggests that the commonly used attributes represent two dimensions of data quality: ‘fitness for use’ which encompasses accuracy, relevance, comparability and punctuality; and ‘convenience’, which encompasses affordability, comparability, timeliness and accessibility. The attribute of comparability belongs to both dimensions as it contributes to both fitness for use and convenience. Data collectors wishing to improve the quality of their data should focus on enhancing fitness for use first and then on the convenience of their data for users
Zellfusion in der Biogemüsezüchtung
Full text linkGrundsätzlich dürfen auf Bio Suisse-Betrieben keine Gemüsesorten aus Zellfusionszüchtung angebaut werden. Doch gilt für Brokkoli, Blumenkohl, Weisskohl, Wirz und Chicorée eine Ausnahme
Liste des intrants 2023 pour l'agriculture biologique en Suisse
No full textLa liste des intrants contient tous les produits phytosanitaires, les engrais, les substrats du commerce, les produits de lutte contre les mouches des étables, les agents d'ensilage, les aliments minéraux et complémentaires, les produits pour la désinfection des stabulations et les produits contre les maladies des abeilles autorisés pour l'agriculture biologique. Cette liste est contraignante pour les producteurs de Bio Suisse et Demeter. Sur les fermes Bio Suisse, seuls les produits mentionnés sont autorisés. Les exceptions sont décrites séparément dans les introductions aux différents chapitres. Le numéro d'autorisation doit désormais être noté dans les enregistrements phytosanitaires pour tous les produits. Pour simplifier cela, ces numéros sont indiqués dans la liste
Vorsicht bei Sortenwahl
Full text linkGemüse aus Zellfusion darf nicht angebaut werden. Nun gibt es Petersilie aus dieser Züchtung
Institutionalizing ASEAN: celebrating Europe through network governance
No full textThis article provides a new piece for two of the puzzles of institutionalized cooperation in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). First, with regard to the organization's four decades of existence, there has always been a marked gap between ASEAN's rhetorical goals of cooperation and its actual achievements. What explains these systematic failures of implementation? Second, from the outset, ASEAN was criticized for its light institutionalization, which failed to deliver the substantial cooperation goals. Despite selected institutional reforms, ASEAN's autonomy has not increased remarkably and it has not made any major institutional innovations. Why does ASEAN design institutions it does not use? Why does this transformation gap occur? The author suggests a sociological institutional explanation and argues that major impulses for cooperation have come from outside Southeast Asia, most importantly from Europe. By mimicking the European integration process, ASEAN member states have effectively created an isomorphic organization. The Association's institutional development reflects a concern for international legitimacy and less an objective functional demand arising from the specific interactions of member states. This copying process has led to network governance within the organization
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