Organic farming is widely perceived as being more environmentally friendly than
conventional farming. As a form of sustainable agriculture, it receives substantial support …

Conserving natural enemies has become the cornerstone for sustainable pest management.
Conservation is often attained through habitat manipulation in order to create suitable …

Based on the fact that not all farmers adopt a technology at the same time, it is argued in this
paper that the distinction between groups is important because early, medium and late …

This paper examines the decisions of Irish farmers to convert to organic farming by applying
the theory of planned behaviour to control for social influence and technical constraints …

Since the mid 1980s, organic farming has become the focus of significant attention from
policy-makers, consumers, environmentalists and farmers in Europe and state institutions …

This article analyses spatial dependence in the adoption of organic farming. Bayesian
spatial Durbin probit models are applied to survey data of almost 600 Irish drystock farmers …

Provision and manipulation of shelter habitat features within the agroecosystem provide a
strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of natural enemies for biological pest control …

Farmers that intend to access Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) contributions must submit
an application to the territorially competent Paying Agencies (PA). Agencies are called to …

Rising temperature, rainfall, and wind regime changes, increasing of frequency and intensity
of extreme events are only some of the effects of climate change affecting the agro-forestry …

This paper examines the development of the role of government support in the financial
situation of organic farms in selected Western and Eastern European countries, contrasting …