Organic farming and biodiversity | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-05-04

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming_and_biodiversity


00:01:11 1 Benefits to biodiversity
00:02:43 1.1 Impact of increased biodiversity
00:03:37 1.2 Highly impacted animal species
00:03:47 1.2.1 Earthworms
00:04:30 1.2.2 Birds
00:05:45 1.2.3 Butterflies
00:06:20 1.2.4 Spiders
00:06:52 1.2.5 Soil Microbes
00:07:50 1.2.6 Beetles
00:08:39 1.2.7 Mammals
00:09:36 1.2.8 Vegetation
00:10:45 1.2.9 Farmers’ Benefits from Increased Biodiversity
00:11:46 1.3 Detriments to biodiversity through organic farming



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The effect of organic farming has been a subject of interest for researchers. Theory suggests that organic farming practices, which exclude the use of most synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, may be beneficial for biodiversity. This is generally shown to be true for soils scaled to the area of cultivated land, where species abundance is, on average, 30% richer than that of conventional farms. However, for crop yield-scaled land the effect of organic farming on biodiversity is highly debated due to the significantly lower yields compared to conventional farms.In ancient farming practices, farmers did not possess the technology or manpower to have a significant impact on the destruction of biodiversity even as mass-production agriculture was rising. Nowadays, common farming methods generally rely on pesticides to maintain high yields. With such, most agricultural landscapes favor mono-culture crops with very little flora or fauna co-existence (van Elsen 2000). Modern organic farm practices such as the removal of pesticides and the inclusion of animal manure, crop rotation, and multi-cultural crops provides the chance for biodiversity to thrive.