What is Agroecology?

Agroecology is…

• the framing of agriculture as an ecological system.
• the sustainable production of food, fiber, fuel, and medicine.
• farming that emphasizes the benefits of diversity.
• the maintenance of resilient agroecosystems.

Goals

• Sustain production
• Conserve natural resources
• Maintain social equity

Principles

• Systems (Agroecosystems)
• Production
• Diversity
• Resilience

Agricultural Systems

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Do The Pyramid

Production

• crop
• biomass
• economic

Diversity

• genetic
• species
• system
• cultural

Resilience

• persistence of systems in the face of change or disturbance
• agroecosystem variation due to natural or anthropogenic causes
• Resilience != stability