A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of “ecoagriculture” landscapes to generate cobenefits for production, biodiversity, and local people.  Farming with Nature offers a synthesis of the state of knowledge of key topics in  ecoagriculture. The book is a unique collaboration among renowned agricultural and ecological scientists, leading field  conservationists, and farm and community leaders to synthesize knowledge and experience across sectors.  (...)

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