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• 1.2 Redesign in organic farming

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• What can be reasons for insecure food supply?

  Degradation of soils and water resoures
  Wars
  Institutional conflicts
  Land grabbing
  Strong population growth

• When is rethingking the whole system or redesign necessary?

  Whem farming methods are insufficient to result in the desired effects

• What is organic farming?

  A way of food production that aims at being in balance with natural resources that are available

• What kind of process is the redesign of farms?

  A continuous and iterative process, in which agronomist may participate directly or indirectly via reports and articles

• What are good resons to putting existing choices and procedures up for discussion?

  Economic necessity, the current farm design not being economically sustainable, or conversion from convention to organic farming

• What are the 5 fases of conversion from conventional to organic farming?

  - Criticism of their own management practices
  - Search for new guiding ideas and models towards establishing new practicices
  -Decision to convert
  - Enthusiasm
  - Sobriety

• 1.3 Ideals in organic farming

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• What are the dreams of organic farmers?

  A peaceful coexistence of nature and culture, they aim for an angriculture that is sustainable, sufficiently productive and self-reliand, and whih allows flourishing of man, animal and plant.

• 1.4 Farms as systems

• What is the farm system?

  A farm is seen as an ensemble of components which interact which each other. As a result, changing one component will efect all other components through the interactions

• What is emerging behaviour?

  Behaviour that none of the components contains individually, but occurs as a result of the interaction among the components

• What are the 4 components of a farming system, apart from human decision makers?

  - Crops
  - Animals
  - Manure
  - Soil