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Agroecology

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Plant Sciences

The study of the farm as an ecosystem: how crops, soil life, insects, water and the surrounding landscape interact, and how to design farming systems that work with those interactions rather than against them. Practices such as agroforestry, cover cropping and crop rotation are its working vocabulary. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Central Question
Agroecology is an academic discipline that studies ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems, treating the farm field as an ecosystem. 1
Connections

Associated With

Sustainable Agriculture, Concepts

Agroecology supplies much of sustainable agriculture's scientific basis.

Source Sustainable Agriculture (Wikipedia)

Has Figure

Wes Jackson, Figures

Founder of the Land Institute, known for perennial-grain agroecology research.

Includes

Agroforestry, Practices
Source Agroforestry (Wikipedia)
Biodynamic Agriculture, Practices
Biointensive Agriculture, Practices
Conservation Agriculture, Practices
Cover Cropping, Practices
Source Cover Crop (Wikipedia)
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration, Practices
Integrated Farming, Practices
Integrated Pest Management, Practices
No-Till Farming, Practices
Source No-Till Farming (Wikipedia)
Permaculture, Practices

Ecosystem-pattern design sits within agroecology's own scope

Source Permaculture (Wikipedia)
Polyculture, Practices
Regenerative Agriculture, Practices
Shifting Cultivation, Practices

Fallow-cycle land use and its sustainability are studied within agroecology

Source Wikipedia: Shifting cultivation
Zero Budget Natural Farming, Practices
Sources
1. Agroecology (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
Agroecology is an academic discipline that studies ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems.
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What Is Agroecology? (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsWhat is Agroecology? section
Quote, What is Agroecology? section
Agroecology is a holistic and integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable agriculture and food systems.
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Agroforestry (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: AgroforestryView the Source
Cover Crop (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Cover CroppingView the Source
No-Till Farming (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: No-Till FarmingView the Source
Sustainable Agriculture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Sustainable AgricultureView the Source
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