Improving organic crop cultivation

Part 1 Crop breeding and cultivation
1.Key issues in breeding and trialling robust cereal cultivars for organic farming: H. Spieß, B. Schmehe and C. Vollenweider, LBS Dottenfelderhof, Germany; 
2.Organic seed production, certification and availability: Steven P. C. Groot et. al., Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; 
3.Maintaining soil fertility and health in organic crop cultivation: C. Watson et. al., Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), UK and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;
4.Cover crops in organic crop cultivation: Peter von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Universität Kassel, Germany; 
5.The role of crop rotations in organic farming: Bernhard Freyer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria; 
6.Conservation tillage in organic farming: Maike Krauss et. al., Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland;
7.Manure management in organic farming: Peter Sørensen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark; Luca Bechini, University of Milan, Italy; and Lars Stoumann Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 
8.Organic fertilizers and biofertilizers; Lidia Sas Paszt and Slawomir Gluszek, Research Institute of Horticulture, Poland; 
9.Improving water management in organic crop cultivation: Michael J. Goss, University of Guelph, Canada; Adrian Unc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; and Wilfried Ehlers, Georg-August University, Germany; 

Part 2 Crop pests and diseases
10.Disease and pest management in organic farming: a case for applied agroecology: M. R. Finckh, S. M. Junge, J. H. Schmidt and O. D. Weedon, Universität Kassel, Germany; 
11.Direct plant protection in organic farming: Bernhard Speiser, Hans-Jakob Schärer and Lucius Tamm, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland; 
12.Integrated weed management in organic cropping systems: Paolo Bàrberi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy; 

Part 3 Standards and monitoring
13.Setting and reviewing standards for organic farming: Susanne Padel, The Organic Research Centre, UK; 
14.Measuring and improving the environmental performance of organic farming: A. Muller et. al., Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland;
15.Eco-functional intensification of organic farming; Thomas F. Döring, University of Bonn, Germany; 
16.Biodiversity as a prerequisite of sustainable organic farming: Lukas Pfiffner and Laura Armengot, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland; 
17.The impact of organic agriculture on diet and health: Kirsten Brandt, Newcastle University, UK; 

Part 4 Organic crop cultivation in the developing world
18.Supporting smallholders in organic crop cultivation: the case of East Africa: R. Onwonga et. al. University of Nairobi, Kenya;
19.Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Africa: Victor Olowe, Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria; 
20.Improving organic agriculture in the developing world: Asia: Sang Mok Sohn, Dankook University, South Korea; 
21.Organic agriculture and agroecology in Latin America: Roberto Ugas, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru;