Comparison of Biodynamic and Organic Agriculture

Authors

  • Özlem Çakır Bayburt Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü, 69000 Bayburt
  • Hilal Yıldız Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Fakültesi, Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü, 50300 Nevşehir
  • Neva Karataş Atatürk Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, 25240 Erzurum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i13.%25p.1648

Keywords:

Biodynamic agriculture, Organic agriculture, Chemical inputs, Biodynamic crop, Preparate

Abstract

Modern agricultural applications contain various biologic physical and chemical process steps to maximize the durability and fertility of the products. Because of the apprehensions that come out as a result of increase in usage of chemical input in these processes, some alternative concepts have been come to exist for modern agricultural applications. Even these approaches match with traditional applications, they differ by their some outstanding features. By the help of industrial devolution in 18TH century, the increasing popularity and global warming caused the people to notice the ecologic deformation on the earth and accordingly saving the ecology and the earth became one of the main topics of current issues. The biodynamic agriculture system is founded in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner (philosopher) and E. Pfeiffer (agronomist) and built on an anthropologic theory that based on human-nature-universe concept. Biodynamic agriculture is familiar with organic agriculture. Mainly both of them are originated by oppositional perspective on using chemical input (manure, pesticide, herbicide, hormone e.g.). The main dissimilitude of biodynamic agriculture with organic apart from philosophical and historical aspects is, using the biodynamic preparations includes some minerals or specific herbs those are fermented with animal organs. In this review study, the differences between organic and biodynamic agriculture are analysed by emphasizing the main advantages of biodynamic agriculture.

Published

10.04.2018

How to Cite

Çakır, Özlem, Yıldız, H., & Karataş, N. (2018). Comparison of Biodynamic and Organic Agriculture. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 6(4), 38–443. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i13.%p.1648

Issue

Section

Agricultural Technologies