The compare organic farm and conventional farm to improve sustainable agriculture, ecosystems, and environment
2020
Lu, Xiaoling | Chang, Yuan-Hsiou | Wu, Bing-Yu
Current excessive environmental developments result in a growing number of artificial facilities, and the impact of human activities leads to the destruction and loss of many natural habitats, while the remaining habitats are isolated and fragmented, and are increasingly replaced by more artificial facilities. Today’s agriculture in Taiwan generally adopts pesticides and other means of farming, and the government encourages the use of cement as a ridge. Although a cement ridge can be easily used by farmers, will reduce the amount of weeds, and improve agricultural production, its environmental costs may be higher. Therefore, this study mainly probes into the differences in ecological abundance between organic farms with a mud ridge and conventional farms with a cement ridge. This study employs field investigation, records the species found by camera, and observes and analyzes the abundance and the relationship between the growth and decline of the species in these two different environments. According to the research results, biological species occur throughout the year; however, the numbers of species in organic farms are nearly 3 times higher than that of conventional farms: 7 more types of insects, 1 more type of arachnid, and 7 more types of birds, and the number of a single species is 20 times higher. This study can be used as a reference and basis for engaging in agricultural production and planning farming areas when considering environmental and ecological conservation in the future.
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