The magnitude and urgency of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems demand
profound modifications in different aspects of human activity to achieve real transformative …

In response to the sustainability issues that agriculture faces in advanced economies,
agroecology has gained increasing relevance in scientific, political, and social debates. This …

There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable
agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to …

Guidelines are needed to support research and action on sustainable transitions towards
more resilient and adaptable agroecosystems. Here I present an operationable and simple …

The need for fundamental changes in the way humans interact with nature is now widely
acknowledged in order to achieve sustainable development. Agriculture figures prominently …

Despite the increasingly widespread use of the term agroecology by farmers, scientists,
agrarian social movements, and lawmakers, the definition of the concept is still the object of …

The development of agroecosystems that can provide multiple ecosystem services with a
reduced need of external inputs, requires management practices that foster ecological …

Advances in agrochemistry in the 19th century, along with increased specialisation and
intensification of food production, transformed agriculture triggering a farmland biodiversity …

CONTEXT Winegrowers apply large quantities of pesticides to their vineyards to reduce high
cryptogamic pressure. But these practices must change to lower pesticide use and improve …

Latin America has historically been a vanguard of agroecology. In Nicaragua, an
agroecological transition is occurring, with three decades of building a groundswell based …