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Organic farming is an alternative agricultural system which originated early in the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing farming practices. In addition, rearing of milch animals, fishes, honeybees and silk worms. Her book silent spring lobbied for limits on pesticidesnot their elimination. Aess in europe differ between countries, but organic farming is a more. Bengtsson, in advances in ecological research, 2016. Conventional agriculture is a broad term that has a number of definitions, but a crop can be classified as conventional if synthetic chemicals are used to maintain the plants.
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