A critical assessment of organic farming-and-food assertions with particular respect to the UK and the potential environmental benefits of no-till agriculture

Crop Protection

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 757-781

  Trewavas, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farm environment; No till; Organic farming; Pesticides; Soil use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 3142541098     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2004.01.009     Document Type: Review

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