Agricultural Ecology

Agricultural ecology encompasses diverse interests and emerging problems, including the need to address growing pest and weed control problems, reduce pressure on supporting natural resources, ameliorate environmental impacts of agricultural operations and promote sustainable agricultural production. As a truly integrative science, agricultural ecology is very unique in its scope of inquiry. Areas of research and application ranges from the physiological, population, and community ecology of organisms present in agricultural systems, to larger scales of agricultural systems and their regional and global impact on land, water and atmospheric resources. Agricultural ecology is also included with systems of agricultural production and management, socio-economic aspects, farmer/research relations and extension.

Agricultural Ecology