2. アグロエコロジーの定義
Centre for Agroecology and Food Security ”Mainstreaming Agroecology: Implications for Global
Food and Farming Systems から
“Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice”
Altieri, 1987: 6 “A discipline that defines, classifies and studies agricultural systems from
an ecological and socio-economic perspective.”
Altieri, 1995: 4 “The application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and
management of sustainable agroecosystems.”
Francis et al., 2003: 2 “The integrative study of the ecology of the entire food systems,
encompassing ecological, economic and social dimensions.”
Dalgaard, Hutchings and Porter, 2003: 39 “An integrative discipline that includes elements
from agronomy, ecology, sociology and economics”, “the study of the interactions
between plants, animals, humans and the environment within agricultural systems.