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Agroecology: Principles for the Conversion and Redesign of Farming Systems
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Modern agroecosystems require systemic change, but new redesigned farming systems will not emerge from simply implementing a set of practices (rotations, composting, cover cropping, etc.) but rather from the application of already well defined agroecological principles. These principles can be applied using various practices and strategies, each having different effects on productivity, stability and resiliency of the target farming system. By breaking the monoculture nature of farming systems, agroecological diversification aims at mimicking ecological processes leading to optimal nutrient cycling and organic matter turnover, soil biological activation, closed energy flows, water and soil conservation and balanced pest-natural enemy populations. All these processes are key maintaining the agroecosystem’s health, productivity and its self-sustaining capacity. By enhancing functional biodiversity, a major goal of the conversion process is achieved: strengthening the weak ecological functions in the agroecosystem, allowing farmers to gradually eliminate inputs altogether by relying instead on ecological processes and interactions.
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“establishing ecological infrastructure on the farm (e.g. living fences, hedges, grass strips, insect habitats) tends to be costly in the first 3-5 years during the redesign phase, but after the key ecological services and processes are in motion, the need for external inputs is reduced due to the increase of functional biodiversity in the farm and maintenance costs also decrease (Nicholls and Alt”
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- Authors
- CI, N., & MA, A.
- Venue
- Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
- Publisher
- OMICS Publishing Group
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 01
- Issue
- s5
- ISSN
- 2157-7625 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2418837294
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 36.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant and soil sciences
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- agroecology, agroecological principles, agroecological diversification, monoculture, nutrient cycling, soil organic matter, soil biological activity, functional biodiversity, agroecosystem resilience, agroecosystem productivity
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