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AGROECOLOGY

Specialty Definition: Agroecology

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Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems.

See also

prescribed burn | dynamic equilibrium | shifting cultivation | safe site | vermicomposting | multiple cropping | landscape ecology | allelopathy | buffer zone | Land Utilization Type | relay cropping | commensalism | compensating factor | forest gardening | Masanobu Fukuoka | genetic erosion | protocooperation | natural selection | green manure | trophic level | heterosis | living mulch | niche diversity | permaculture | open pollination | pollinator decline | primary succession | secondary succession | polyculture | monoculture | renewable resources | seed bank | soil life | synthetic variety | xerophyte

Source: the above text is adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agroecology."

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