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A meta analysis done by a group of scientists reported that organic farming increased species richness by about 30%. Their analysis affirms that organic farming usually has large positive
effects on average species richness compared with conventional farming.
Given the large areas of land currently under agricultural production,
organic methods could undoubtedly play a major role in halting the
continued loss of diversity from industrialized nations. The detailed analysis is available online on Journal of Applied Ecology published on 7th February 2014.
