Producción Orgánica de Frutas y Hortalizas, Control de Insectos y Enfermedades
Soil Fertility on Organic Farms
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Throughout this manual we have discussed how organic farmers strive to build healthy soil in order to create the best possible environment for plant growth. A healthy soil is primarily defined by its fertility, which in turn depends largely on the interactions of its physical, chemical, and...
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
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Production Guide for Organic Carrots for Processing
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This guide for organic production of carrots provides an outline of cultural and pest management practices and includes topics that have an impact on improving plant health and reducing pest problems. It is divided into sections, but the int errelated quality of organic cropping systems makes each...
Cornell University Cooperative Extension
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Insect Management on Organic Farms
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Insect management presents a challenge to organic farmers. Insects are highly mobile and well adapted to farm production systems and pest control tactics. On organic farms, where the focus is on managing insects rather than eliminating them, success depends on learning about three kinds of...
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
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Pears: Organic Production
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This introduction to commercial organic pear production covers pear diseases, disease-resistant cultivars, rootstocks, insect and mite pests, and their treatment, Asian pears, and marketing. Two profiles of organic pear growers are included.
In much of the United States and with fireblight...
ATTRA
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African Organic Agriculture Training Manual: Mango Crop Management
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Mango trees (Mangifera indica L.) are cultivated in many countries of East, South and West Africa. In these countries, mangoes contribute to farmer family diets as well as serving as a cash crop. Mangoes are a delicate fruit and, therefore, sensitive to transport, which limits trade opportunities...
FiBL, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
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Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management
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The Guide is divided into three sections. The first section provides cultural information and management practices for a number of important vegetable crop groups. For each family, key pests and disease problems are described. Cultural methods and management practices that will help control each...
Cornell University
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African Organic Agriculture Training Manual: Citrus Crop Management
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Citrus is widely cultivated in tropical as well as subtropical African countries. While fresh fruit for the market is produced preferably in subtropical climates (e.g. South Africa) and Mediterranean climates (e.g. Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Libya), citrus for juice is predominant in tropical...
FiBL, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
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Farm Made: A Guide to On-Farm Processing for Organic Producers
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Organic management can bring many benefits to the farm. One of these is better net income. A major contributing factor to an improved bottom line is the premium that organic commands in most markets. However, as production increases and organic products go mainstream, premiums are likely to...
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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Small Scale Organics: A Guidebook for the Non-certified Organic Grower
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Includes Guidelines and an Organic System Plan
If you are an organic grower and you sell less than $5,000 of organic products (raw or processed) each year, certification is optional. Should you choose not to become certified, you must still meet the requirements of the National...
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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Crop Rotations on Organic Farms
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For a variety of other reasons that we will explore in this publication, crops can and should be managed in rotations. No one disputes the fact that rotations are beneficial. The use of two- and three-year rotations by the majority of the grain farmers in this country shows they agree that yields...
North Carolina State University
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