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Organic Agriculture Practices

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Organic agriculture practices refer to the specific crop production and management techniques used to maintain soil fertility, regulate pests and diseases, support plant growth, and reduce reliance on synthetic agricultural inputs in organic farming systems. These practices include crop rotation, intercropping, cover cropping, green manuring, composting, and the application of permitted organic fertilizers to improve nutrient cycling and soil structure. Weed, pest, and disease management relies primarily on preventive and ecological approaches, such as selecting resistant varieties, mechanical weed control, habitat management for natural enemies, and biological control agents [1][2]. Soil cultivation, irrigation, and residue management are also adapted to local agroecological conditions to maintain soil health and minimize environmental degradation. Their effectiveness depends on the integration of these techniques across the production system rather than the isolated adoption of individual practices [2][3].

organic farming crop rotation cover crops soil fertility biological pest control crop protection sustainable crop production
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  1. Paola Migliorini; Alexander Wezel; Converging and diverging principles and practices of organic agriculture regulations and agroecology. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 2017, 37, 63. [CrossRef]
  2. A.H.C. van Bruggen; M.R. Finckh; Plant Diseases and Management Approaches in Organic Farming Systems. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 2016, 54, 25-54. [CrossRef]
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