Ecoagriculture : integrated landscape management for people, food, and nature

Ecoagriculture is an approach to managing landscapes for the simultaneous and synergistic achievement of three sets of outcomes: maintaining, increasing, or improving agricultural production; promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services; and enhancing human livelihoods and well-being. These elements are stitched together by institutions that support multistakeholder collaboration to achieve these outcomes. Key elements of the approach include: agreed landscape objectives; identification of synergies and trade-offs; land use practices that contribute to multiple objectives; markets, policies, and programs that encourage synergies and reduce trade-offs; and institutions that enable collaborative planning, implementation, and monitoring among stakeholders.