At present, the application of buffer strips is becoming increasingly important in the development of modern eco-agriculture both at national and international scales. With proper design and construction, farmland buffer strips (e.g., field margins, wild flower strips, hedgerows and shelterbelts) can provide various ecosystem and landscape services, including erosion prevention,...

Integrated rice-crayfish system is a complex ecological system based on waterlogged paddy field cultivation characterized by crayfish fed by rice straw. Using rice monoculture system as the control, a 10-year (2005-2015) field experiment was conducted to study the effects of integrated rice-crayfish system on rice yield and soil physicochemical properties...

In 1979, Prof. Ma Shijun proposed the eco-engineering principles of "integration, co-ordination, circulation, regeneration and revitalization". Specially, he pointed out that eco-engineering was a production-technology system by which co-existence of species and revitalization of matters were applied with the best possible methods of systematic engineering and multi-level circulation. In 1987,...

After slash and burn, small subsistence agriculture and then industrial agriculture, agriculture is now entering an ecological stage. The turning point of agro-ecological transition in different countries has often occurred at the period when per capita average GDP range reached 10 thousand to 30 thousand USD. Diversified tactics, routes and...

"The Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative" (ALC)* at the University of Vermont (UVM), in partnership with the Community Agroecology Network (CAN), are excited to announce the 18th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse, which offers crucial tools for farmers, advocates, and planners to transform food systems for sustainability and resilience. This year's shortcourse will focus...

In Ecuador thousands of families have joined the 250,000 Families Challenge of Qué Rico Es! Campaign that promotes fresh, agroecological food produced by family farmers. Most of these foods are from native crops and are sold directly to consumers at outdoor markets and food fairs. These rural and urban families strengthen...