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Nature 410, 409-410 (22 March 2001) |
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Urban myths of organic farming
Anthony Trewavas1
- Anthony Trewavas is at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.
There is a widespread belief that low-yielding organic agricultural systems are more friendly to the environment and more sustainable than high-yielding farming systems. The current aims of organic systems — maintenance of soil fertility, avoidance of pollution, use of crop rotation, animal-welfare concerns and wider environmental aspects — would be hard to quarrel with.
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