Biodynamic agriculture research progress and priorities

The Effective Use Biodynamic Preparations Spring into Summer
19th June 2024
Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils
26th June 2024
The Effective Use Biodynamic Preparations Spring into Summer
19th June 2024
Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils
26th June 2024

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Vol 24, No. 2 pp.146-154

Biodynamic (BD) agriculture became the subject of research efforts during the past decades, whereas a part of the scientific community looks at the BD method with skepticism and marks it as dogmatic. Nevertheless, as explored in this review, fair share of the available peer-reviewed research results of controlled field experiments as well as case studies show effects of BD preparations on yield, soil quality and biodiversity. Moreover, BD preparations express a positive environmental impact in terms of energy use and efficiency. However, the underlying natural science mechanistic principle of preparations is still under investigation. In addition, quality determination methods, based on holistic approaches, are increasingly being investigated and recognized. BD farming strives, as manifested in several publications, to positively impact cultural landscape design as well. Summarized data showed that further research is needed and thus encouraged the field of food quality comparison/determination, food safety, environmental performance (e.g., footprints), and on the effects of BD farming practices on farm

biodynamics research progress and priorities