MONITORING OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL CROPS IN CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Denitsa Ivanova

Abstract


Good agricultural practices have been presented in the cultivation of traditional and non-traditional crops in the conditions of organic farming through the example of the unconventional ancient cereal crop Eragrostis tef. Some recommendations and peculiarities of its cultivation are presented.


Keywords


organic farming, non-traditional crops, Eragrostis tef.

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