The Science and Practice of Agroecology

Part 1 Agroecological redesign: why agroecology?



1.Definition and history of agroecology: Laurie E. Drinkwater, Cornell University, USA;
2.Green revolution agriculture: the treadmill of industrial agriculture: Matthew Houser, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA;
3.Indigenous knowledge and agroecological food systems: Nancy Turner, University of Victoria, Canada;
4.Agriculture and societal expectations for the 21st century: Jennifer Blesh, University of Michigan, USA;

Part 2 Ecological knowledge and its application to agroecosystems



5.The biodiversity-ecosystem function conceptual framework: a core hypothesis of agroecology: Rob Brooker, James Hutton Institute, UK;
6.The extended phenotype: how do plants shape communities of associated organisms?: Matthew Bakker, University of Manitoba, Canada;
7.What is meant by the ecological resilience of agroecosystems?: Meagan Schipanski, Colorado State University, USA;
8.Cross-scale effects on arthropod diversity, community composition, and ecosystem services: the intermediate diversity hypothesis: Marcos Ezequiel Nacif, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Argentina;
9.The stress gradient hypothesis and positive plant-plant interactions: Li Long, Chinese Agricultural University, China;
10.Ecosystem science as a basis for agroecological nutrient management: Gabriel Maltais-Landry, University of Florida, USA;
11.Rhizosphere ecology: an agroecological frontier: Bryan D. Emmett, USDA-ARS, USA;

Part 3 Synergies and tradeoffs under agroecological management regimes



12.Crop diversity impacts yield and yield stability: Tim Bowles, University of California-Berkeley, USA;
13.What is the potential for managed biodiversity to reduce inputs while also maintaining yields?: Anna Norberg, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany;
14.The tension between biodiversity restoration and food production: land sparing, land sharing, and rewilding: Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan, USA;
15.What is the potential for expanding the role of plant-microbial symbioses in agroecosystems?: James Bever, University of Kansas, USA;
16.Integrated crop-livestock systems: productive potential and ecosystem services: Tommy Fenster, University of California-Davis, USA;
17.Perennial grains: From moonshot to farmers' fields: * Timothy E. Crews, Aubrey Streit Krug, Evan B. Craine, Lee R. DeHaan, Tessa E. Peters and M. Kathryn Turner, The Land Institute, USA; Alexandra Griffin, University of Minnesota, USA, Ebony G. Murrel, The Savanna Institute, USA; and Lennart Olsson, Lund University, Sweden;*
18.The role of agroecological management systems in climate change adaptation and mitigation: Yodit Kebede, Independent Consultant (formerly IRD/CIAT), France;
19.Push-pull polyculture systems: using functional diversity to provide essential ecosystem services: Daniel Mutyambai, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya;

Part 4 Agroecosystems as coupled socio-ecological systems



20.Balancing top-down and bottom-up approaches to transforming food systems toward agroecology: Tiffanie Stone, Aarhus University, Denmark;
21.Analyzing top-down and bottom-up drivers of natural resource management: Bathalifi Nkgothoe, Wits University, South Africa;
22.Collective natural resource management: David E. Ervin, Portland State University, USA;
23.Participatory action research and co-creation of knowledge: Sieglinde Snapp, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico;
24.Can ecological economics promote agroecological management systems?: Joshua Farley, University of Vermont, USA;

Part 5 Agroecology and pathways to sustainable food systems



25.Farmers as innovators and agents of change: Daniel Lopez-Garcia, Spanish National Research Council, Spain;
26.Agroecology and food sovereignty: Hannah Wittman, University of British Columbia, Canada;
27.Open-source technology and knowledge systems to support agroecological production: Ankita Raturi, Purdue University, USA;
28.Breeding crops for ecologically-based agriculture: Virginia Moore, Cornell University, USA;