0 the science or the activity of following the principles of ecology (= the study of how different parts of the environment relate to one another) in farming systems:
If they understood agroecology they would acknowledge that soil must be understood as a complex ecosystem.
Agroecology is an attempt to design food systems and other managed landscapes in ways that are sensitive to maintaining ecosystems.
The professor teaches agroecology in the department of environmental science.
Our ultimate goal is for agroecology to displace input-intensive agriculture.
Recently the organic market has attracted conventional growers for reasons having nothing to do with agroecology or social justice.
