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Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review
Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to food production are urgently needed. Decades of...
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Pathways for Agroecological Transitions
Agroecological transitions entail a reconfiguration of the social and ecological dimensions of agroecosystems to produce and sustain rural...
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Co-designing innovative plantain crop** systems to support the diversity of agroecological pathways in Guadeloupe
In the French West Indies, and particularly in Guadeloupe, agricultural policies mainly support the banana and sugarcane export sectors. However,...
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Phytopathogenic nematode communities infesting Moroccan olive agroecosystems: impact of agroecological patterns
Background and aimsOlive trees are one of the most important crops in the Mediterranean, especially in Morocco, and they are vulnerable to various...
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Local Agroecological Practices and Chemical Inputs used in Mint Farming Systems, Regions of Fez-Meknes and Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
The mint crop has been widely used in tea, as a national beverage, and as a medicinal plant for decades. However, there is a lack of data in the...
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Agroecological settings and seed recycling account only partially for potato seed degeneration in Ecuador
Potato production in low-income countries is threatened by seed degeneration, i.e., the accumulation of seed-borne diseases and pests in potato seed...
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A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles
Conservation agriculture (CA) is the key agricultural soil management approach for Mediterranean rainfed systems facing extreme droughts and soil...
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An Approach to Increase Sustainability in Agricultural Systems; An Agroecological Analysis of the Wheat and Sugar Beet Ecosystems
The goal of this study was to undertake a detailed investigation of the agroecological state of the wheat and sugar beet ecosystems on a local scale....
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Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania
Millions of people rely on nature-rich farming systems for their subsistence and income. The contributions of nature to these systems are varied and...
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Farm size affects the use of agroecological practices on organic farms in the United States
Organic agriculture outperforms conventional agriculture across several sustainability metrics due, in part, to more widespread use of agroecological...
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Levers for the agroecological transition of tropical agriculture
To promote greater sustainability in agriculture, development of agroecology is increasingly being invoked. What are the conditions for establishing...
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Scenarios for an agroecological transition of smallholder family farmers: a case study in Guadeloupe
In Guadeloupe, a French overseas region, civil society is calling for an agroecological transition (AET) to obtain access to healthy agricultural...
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Agroecological practices improve soil biological properties in an organic vegetable system
Redesigning organic vegetable systems through the introduction of agroecological service crops (ASCs) terminated by the in-line roller crimper (RC)...
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Soil Fertility, Physiological Traits, and Fruit Quality of Morinda citrifolia as Influenced by Agroecological Management Practices in a Tropical Ferralsol
Changes in the soil fertility, physiological traits, and fruit quality of Morinda citrifolia were investigated between January 2012 and December...
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Designing agroecological systems across scales: a new analytical framework
Researchers worldwide are expected to design and develop agroecological systems to address major challenges such as increasing biotic pressure and...
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Comparative metabolomic profiling and nutritional chemistry of Chenopodium quinoa of diverse panicle architecture and agroecological zones
Chenopodium quinoa possesses remarkable nutritional value and adaptability to various agroecological conditions. Panicle architecture influences the...
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The multi-year effect of different agroecological practices on soil nematodes and soil respiration
Background and aimsAgroecology practices can induce profound positive changes in soil physical and chemical properties, and inevitably influence soil...
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The QBS-ar Index: a Sensitive Tool to Assess the Effectiveness of an Agroecological Practice in the Italian Alpine Region
Sustainable soil management aims at safeguarding the natural resource, and accordingly, there is a need to implement soil quality indicators that...
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Agrobiodiversity and agroecological practices in ‘jhumscape’ of the Eastern Himalayas: don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
The values and roles of biodiversity at the grassroots level get little attention and are usually ignored, despite mounting evidence that effective...
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Multi-annual experimental itinerary: an analytical framework to better understand how farmers experiment agroecological practices
Farmers’ experimentation has long been identified, but until now, its dynamics has hardly been studied at all. The subject is however gaining new...
