The two most significant signatures of the Anthropocene—agriculture and urbanisation—have yet to be studied synoptically. term periurban is used describe territory where urbanising trend planet extends into multiscapes. A praxis required that spatially reconciles urbanisation agriculture, simultaneously permitting urban growth enhancement critical ecosystem services provided by agricultural hin...

Historically, agroecosystems the world over have responded rather resiliently to the increasing pressure for producing food for the expanding human population. Over the years, the two major strategies for producing more food were to increase the area under crops and to increase the production per unit area. The former was the main strategy until agriculture became commercialized, especially in ...

Agroecology – as a scientific discipline and as an approach to sustainable farming practice – has objectives similar to those of organic agriculture. The paper sharpens the profile of both concepts and identifies strengths and weaknesses. The overarching challenge of both is to minimize trade-offs between food and fiber production on the one hand and non-commodity ecosystem services on the othe...