tailieunhanh - Organic Farming and Food Production

Organic farming is a modern way of agriculture management, not using any chemical treatments which have negative effects on the environment, human health or animal health. It produces organic foodstuffs, and at the same time enhances the living conditions of animals. It contributes to environmental protection and helps biodiversity to increase. Organic farming does not mean going ‘back’ to traditional (old) methods of farming. Many of the farming methods used in the past are still useful today. Organic farming takes the best of these and combines them with modern scientific knowledge. Organic farmers do not let their farms to be taken over by nature; they use all. | Organic Farming and Food Production Edited by Petr Konvalina ORGANIC FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION Edited by Petr Konvalina Organic Farming and Food Production http 45848 Edited by Petr Konvalina Contributors Marcelo De Andrade Ferreira Stela Urbano Rubem Rocha Filho Cleber Costa Safira Valenga Bispo Mehdi Zahaf Leila Hamzaoui Essoussi Karmen Pazek Crtomir Rozman David Frank Kings Petr Konvalina Albert Sundrum Costel Samuil Vasile Vintu Ewa Rembiatkowska Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ana Pantar Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published November 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Organic Farming and Food Production Edited by Petr Konvalina p. cm. ISBN .