Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis
Population growth and climate change challenge our food and farming systems and provide arguments for an increased intensification of agriculture. Organic farming has been seen as a promising option due to its eco-friendly approaches during production. However, weeds are regarded as the major hindra...
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| author | Mwangi, Obadiah Mucheru-Muna, Monicah Kinyua, Michael Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job |
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| description | Population growth and climate change challenge our food and farming systems and provide arguments for an increased intensification of agriculture. Organic farming has been seen as a promising option due to its eco-friendly approaches during production. However, weeds are regarded as the major hindrance to effective crop production which varies depending on the type of crop and spacing. Their presence leads to reduced yield, increase in harvest cost and lower the qualities of some produce. Thus, weed management is a key priority for successful crop production. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis from published studies to quantify possible differences on weed density, diversity and evenness in organic and conventional farming systems and best intervention for weed management in organic farming system. Data included were obtained from 32 studies where 31 studies with 410 observations were obtained for weed density, 15 studies with 168 observations for diversity, and 5 studies with 104 observations for evenne |
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| spelling | CGSpace1599792025-11-11T19:05:17Z Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis Mwangi, Obadiah Mucheru-Muna, Monicah Kinyua, Michael Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job organic agriculture conventional farming weed control Population growth and climate change challenge our food and farming systems and provide arguments for an increased intensification of agriculture. Organic farming has been seen as a promising option due to its eco-friendly approaches during production. However, weeds are regarded as the major hindrance to effective crop production which varies depending on the type of crop and spacing. Their presence leads to reduced yield, increase in harvest cost and lower the qualities of some produce. Thus, weed management is a key priority for successful crop production. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis from published studies to quantify possible differences on weed density, diversity and evenness in organic and conventional farming systems and best intervention for weed management in organic farming system. Data included were obtained from 32 studies where 31 studies with 410 observations were obtained for weed density, 15 studies with 168 observations for diversity, and 5 studies with 104 observations for evenne 2024-06 2024-11-20T12:45:26Z 2024-11-20T12:45:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159979 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Mwangi, O.; Mucheru-Muna, M.; Kinyua, M.; Bolo, P.; Kihara, J. (2024) Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis. Heliyon 10(12): e32761. ISSN: 2405-8440 |
| spellingShingle | organic agriculture conventional farming weed control Mwangi, Obadiah Mucheru-Muna, Monicah Kinyua, Michael Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title | Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title_full | Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title_short | Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis |
| title_sort | organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices a meta analysis |
| topic | organic agriculture conventional farming weed control |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159979 |
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