Organic Farming and Food Production

ORGANIC FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION Edited by Petr Konvalina Organic Farming and Food Production http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45848 Edited by Petr Konvalina Contributors Marcelo De Andrade Ferreira, Stela Urbano, Rubem Rocha Filho, Cleber Costa, Safira Valença Bispo, Mehdi Zahaf, Leila Hamzaoui Essoussi, Karmen Pažek, Crtomir Rozman, David Frank Kings, Petr Konvalina, Albert Sundrum, Costel Samuil, Vasile Vintu, Ewa Rembiałkowska Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ana Pantar Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published November, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Organic Farming and Food Production, Edited by Petr Konvalina p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0842-9 Contents Preface VII Section 1 Organic Farming 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Environmental Impact and Yield of Permanent Grasslands: An Example of Romania 3 Samuil Costel and Vintu Vasile Organic Cereal Seed Quality and Production 25 Ivana Capouchová, Petr Konvalina, Zdeněk Stehno, Evženie Prokinová, Dagmar Janovská, Hana Honsová, Ladislav Bláha and Martin Káš Option Models Application of Investments in Organic Agriculture 47 Karmen Pažek and Črtomir Rozman Section 2 Organic Food Quality and Sustainability 63 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 The Quality of Organically Produced Food 65 Ewa Rembiałkowska, Aneta Załęcka, Maciej Badowski and Angelika Ploeger “Healthy Food” from Healthy Cows 95 Albert Sundrum Organic and Conventional Farmers` Attitudes Towards Agricultural Sustainability 121 David Kings and Brian Ilbery Production and Distribution of Organic Foods: Assessing the Added Values 145 Leila Hamzaoui-Essoussi and Mehdi Zahaf ... - tailieumienphi.vn