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Hokazono, Shingo, and Kiyotada Hayashi. "Variability in environmental impacts during conversion from conventional to organic farming: a comparison among three rice production systems in Japan." Journal of cleaner production 28 (2012): 101-112.

This paper focus on the conversion process taking place in the organic farms and its comparison with the life cycle assessment conventional practices. In this conversion face, there are various environmental impacts in which organic farming is fluctuated because of the difference in yield. This source says that higher variability is caused because of the impact organic farming has on the starting phases when it is associated with the instability in the yield of organic rice. So, understanding of these trends among the variability of intertemporal units is necessary to concert them in organic farming successfully. This can be applied in the paper by making explicit some of the essential requirements necessary for organic farming. This further helps in understanding some of the important categories of environmental issues including acidification, global warming, non-renewable energy, and eutrophication.

Gabriel, Doreen, et al. "The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates." Journal of Applied Ecology 46.2 (2009): 323-333.

There has been a lot of debate going on about the food crisis and conservation in the global food industry especially Europe. It is expected that the shift will be created for maximizing the element of biodiversity while compromising on the yield for conserving the biodiversity about the constraints of production. This paper describes this in the European context about how organic farming has great potential and importance in the sustainability of farming from an environmental point of view. The analysis conducted here says that the third level of variance in occurrence can be predicted from their statistical models, so the conversation should be promoted by the farmers. It can be applied in the topic about how efficiently the conservation strategy can be implemented to fulfill the global demand. So, it is necessary to promote organic farming in the landscape because these organic farms are already productive.

Scarpa, Riccardo, Mara Thiene, and Francesco Marangon. "Using flexible taste distributions to value a collective reputation for environmentally friendly production methods." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue Canadienne agroeconomic 56.2 (2008): 145-162.

This is the paper which discusses most the consumer preferences so that the environmentally friendly methods of production can be implemented in the system and carrot is used as the main production element in this research. The collective reputation about the growers is explored by the multiple attributes which are preferred in the Alpine Valley and this created a reputation of environmentally friendly production methods. It says about the taste heterogeneity in the biodynamic and organic responses which has more associated with the alternatives with experimental designs. More focus here was about organic products which are produced using biodynamic production methods. It can be applied in our research because it shows how the use of flexible taste and its distribution can be increased with the plausibility of heterogeneous production and making it committed with the future applied studies.

Ramdhani, Muhammad Ali, and Entune Santosa. "Key Success Factors for Organic Farming Development." International Journal of Basic and Applied Science 1.1 (2012): 7-13.

This paper describes the determination of the weight about the determinant factors which are developed in the organic farming present in the Garut District in Indonesia. There are some of the critical aspects used for developing these aspects, and these determinants include politic and social, technology, environment and economic. So, this complete analysis says that how people prefer methods of organic farming as compared to the conventional models. Still, the implementation of these organic farming methods needs a policy and support program so that the stakeholders can make this system better. This research can be implemented in many ways in the research as it offers information about the quantity improvement orientation about organic farming. Some of the other useful outcomes of this research suggest the provision of raw material and equipment’s, financial support, a decrease in the organic farming and business risk, performance of farmers and provision of the market, etc. All these elements can be implemented in the research of the project.

Sorensen, C. G., et al. "A user-centric approach for information modeling in arable farming." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 73.1 (2010): 44-55.

This article shows how agriculture places an excellent challenge for the farmers for managing their information effectively in their internal as well as external methods so that the operational and economic efficiency can be improved. This is mainly intended on reducing the impact on the environment and having compliance with the different types of documentation requirements. So, it offers meaningful information about the actors in the agricultural system, their communication and role specifics which are commonly associated with the control process and decisions for managing the information about the farmers. The information flow is managed from the perspective of farmers so that the demand for these tasks can be managed with the utilization of this research. The main take away from this research which can be applied in the future research is that the farmers are the sole decision makers as they involve multiple external entities for producing out the primary information. This research offers detailed information and plans about how the Farm Management Information Systems are generated for having an efficient system of production.

Koesling, Matthias, Ola Flaten, and Gudbrand Lien. "Factors influencing the conversion to organic farming in Norway." International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 7.1-2 (2008): 78-95.

The description of the factors playing their role in the conversion of organic farming in the country of Norway is described in this research. There are various determinants described the decisions which are used for converting the methods of organic farming for applying them in the multinomial logit model and bivariate analysis. This analysis shows that there are 4% of the common plans from the respondents that can be applied to the accomplishment of national goal which is to have 10% area of organically managed production. It further indicates that the chances of having larger farms are more with organic farmers as compared to conventional farmers. This research offers take away in the form that even the farmers who were planning on converting were doing this for business purposes rather than having an organic oriented approach. Organic farming is considered more financially sustainable in this perspective as it can miss some of the crucial factors for the farmers who should drive them to convert.

Tudisca, Salvatore, et al. "Organic Farming and Economic Sustainability: The Case of Sicilian Durum Wheat." Quality-Access to Success 15.138 (2014).

This paper describes how organic farming had developed on a rapid level in the world in the past few years especially in the organic parts of the world. The area which is mainly considered here is Sicily which is an Italian territory and offer the first region for making organic cereals. This paper says that the most widespread crop is durum wheat which is mostly found in the hilly areas of the hinterland. It mainly offers analysis of the economic sustainability presented by the areas of the hilly hinterland. The useful information derived from this research is that it has a high level of gross margin presented by the organic wheat as compared to the conventional methods. The production values are high, and the variable cost is low in these areas, so this offers a high quota in the organic payments.

Bockstaller, Christian, et al. "Agri-environmental indicators to assess cropping and farming systems. A review." Agronomy for sustainable development 28.1 (2008): 139-149.

This research is the indicator of how the impact of the environment on agriculture can be accessed by using some of the direct measurements. There are various indicators of agriculture which hurt the farming and cropping systems, and they include soil erosion, water pollution, as well as the emission of greenhouse gases. This says meaningful information about various indicators which are developed in the past few decades for making development in the progress methods. These indicators are mostly derived from the complex simulation as well as operational models so that the pollutants can be assessed. The analysis can help in the research by offering details about the data on a regional level and most of the simple indicators which can be accessed to have an impact on multiple levels. When the detailed information is obtained, it shows that the operational model is indicated which has a significant impact on various aspects of cropping, soil, and climate.

Pergola, M., et al. "Sustainability evaluation of Sicily's lemon and orange production: energy, economic and environmental analysis." Journal of environmental management 128 (2013): 674-682.

The description of the long-standing tradition of the Sicily island is presented in this paper where the evaluation of the sustainability of lemons and oranges is done. The most significant factor here is the conventional and organic farming which can be used to have economic, energy and environmental analysis. It says that the quantity of inputs is significant for getting hold of the quantity of energy consumption so that some of the energy conversion factors can be drawn. Even the production cost is calculated here by the help of equipment, wages, material, as well as the cost of working capital. The take away from this article about the research suggests that for production cost, there are conventional systems of management which are expensive, and both these systems have heavy influence from the wages. When the organic production system output is considered, there are better energy and environmental performance systems when it is observed in the final production, so this can be used while having future productions.

Work cited

Bockstaller, Christian, et al. "Agri-environmental indicators to assess cropping and farming systems. A review." Agronomy for sustainable development 28.1 (2008): 139-149.

Gabriel, Doreen, et al. "The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates." Journal of Applied Ecology 46.2 (2009): 323-333.

Pergola, M., et al. "Sustainability evaluation of Sicily's lemon and orange production: energy, economic and environmental analysis." Journal of environmental management 128 (2013): 674-682.

Ramdhani, Muhammad Ali, and Entun Santosa. "Key Success Factors for Organic Farming Development." International Journal of Basic and Applied Science 1.1 (2012): 7-13.

Sorensen, C. G., et al. "A user-centric approach for information modeling in arable farming." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 73.1 (2010): 44-55.

Tudisca, Salvatore, et al. "Organic Farming and Economic Sustainability: The Case of Sicilian Durum