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Use of organic seed and nursery material on certified organic farms of Lublin Province
 
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SGGW w Warszawie, Wydział Rolnictwa i Biologii, Katedra Fizjologii Roślin ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warszawa
 
 
Journal of Research and Applications in Agricultural Engineering 2013;58(4):141-145
 
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Survey was done in 2012 in 87 organic farms in Lublin Province. In this group there were mostly small and middle area farms (to 15 ha). More than half of them produce only plants. Agricultural crops cover 54% of land, orchards 25% and meadows 14%. About 20% of farmers bought sowable material and 11% of farmers nursery material. The responders most often answered that seeds were bought from an organic farm of familiar farmer. The possibility of product sale and variety characteristic was the most important criterion of variety choose. Less important for farmers was the question if seeds were produced in organic system or not. Farmers often paid attention to an efficiency of variety, cost and quality of seeds or seedlings and also if they were produced in an approximate microclimate. The agricultural advisers were for most farmers (62%) the source of information about organic seed and nursery material. More than 86% of organic producers were satisfied with the quality of seeds and nursery material.
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