Agricultural production and nutrition

Article Abstract:

Creating a practical agricultural system that would promote human health and nutrition and organic farming and food has been a revolutionary concept since the 1940s and has unfortunately remained a revolutionary idea up to the 1990s. The contemporary organic movement appears to have remembered only the prohibition of chemical intervention in organic farming, but organic agriculture in relation to the health of all being at one with the health of the environment, the welfare of animals and the nature of processing, packaging and distribution has largely been neglected.

Evaluation, Sustainable agriculture, Organic farming

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Advances in the production of cool season food legumes

Article Abstract:

The development of disease resistant varieties of legumes, and changes in the canopy and plant design will increase the production of cool season food legumes in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). This will decrease the fertilizer requirements and make legume farming economically more sustainable. Genetically engineered legumes with increased biomass and residues can be developed without affecting seed yields. This will be beneficial in solving the residue problem, specially in the PNW dryland regions, where the seeds serve as food and the residues as animal feed.

Reports, Genetically modified plants, Legumes, Pacific Northwest

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Alternative production systems' effects on the K-factor of the revised universal soil loss equation

Article Abstract:

The impact of alternative production systems on the soil erodibility or K factor in the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) is investigated. Results indicate that alternative production systems substantially affect the soil parameters used to gauge the K factors in the RUSLE, and reduce soil erodibility and erosion. More studies are needed over a number of years to confirm the preliminary results of this study.

Research, Soils, Agricultural productivity, Soil management, Soil management (Agronomy), Crops (Plants), Crops and soils

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