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Organic farming and quality of food
Organic farming is becoming increasingly popular all over the world. Many consumers are feeling disillusioned from chemically produced foods and are making efforts to buy organic. Extensive use of chemicals and anti-biotics in inorganic food production technology compelled the health conscious peopl...
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2015
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| 100 | |a E Thippeswamy | ||
| 245 | |a Organic farming and quality of food |c E Thippeswamy. | ||
| 260 | |c 2015 | ||
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| 520 | |a Organic farming is becoming increasingly popular all over the world. Many consumers are feeling disillusioned from chemically produced foods and are making efforts to buy organic. Extensive use of chemicals and anti-biotics in inorganic food production technology compelled the health conscious people to explore and support organic farming methods in agriculture. In this context, this study was undertaken to analyse the Organic Farming and Quality of Food produced in Shimoga district of Karnataka. The survey was undertaken for collecting primary data from 420 equal number of organic and inorganic paddy farmers during 2011-2012. The study found that the illiterate and primary education category, the percentage of respondents is more among inorganic farmers compared to their counterparts in the organic farmers. It is quite natural that the knowledgeable people are more inclined towards the innovative farming practices added to increasing health awareness also encourages people to go for organic farming. The most important finding is that higher community people are more inclined towards organic farming and backward people like scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) are... | ||
| 773 | |a Journal of Rural Development |d Jan - Mar | ||
| 999 | |c 43428 |d 43428 | ||