Organic farming is a system used to increase long-term soil fertility in Maluku. The aim of our experiment was to develop continuous agricultural production to improve the sustainability of food supply in Maluku. The experiment was important in attempting to provide long-term benefits

intercropping on spring and winter sowing in

participation: essential ingredients in working for more

Role of livestock in organic farming systems In organic farming, livestock play an important part in the farming system. This Primefact details the steps necessary to market livestock produce as ‘organic’. Nutrient cycling Nitrogen fixed by legumes and other nutrients consumed by livestock during

validation of a computer simulation model for use in

of green manure on soil nitrogen availability and crop productivity

are drawn on the possible practical applications of the method for environmental measures in the agricultural sector. Key words: sustainable farming systems, organic agriculture, environmental accounting, indicators

system. Although the crops grown in rotation with cotton were sold without premium, organic farms achieved 10–20% higher incomes from agriculture. In addition to these economic benefits, the organic farming system does not burden soil and groundwater with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. However

¦ Organic farming system would be dominated by beneficial bacterivore and fungivore nematodes but not plant parasitic nematodes.

Heavy agricultural reliance on synthetic-chemical fertilizers and pesticides is having serious impacts on public health and the environment. The estimated environmental and health care costs of the recommended use of pesticides in the U.S. are about $10 billion per year (Pimentel 2005). In the United States over 90 % of corn farmers