What is the ECOSYSTEMIC AGRONOMY?

"…Sustainable agriculture and livestock system, based on generating an agroecosystem through ecotechnics of the runoff, cultural and ecological succession of severals autochthonspecies , whose biodiversity and relationship with cultivable species, reach their climax, provide some such ecosystem goods and values ​​that endow the agroecosystem with full autarchy…"

This definition is very technical but it defines from all angles what is, and what it intends, ecosystemic agriculture. Although full autarky is not feasible for irrigated crops in areas with little rainfall, from the point of view of water resource consumption. If it is feasible through ecosystemic strategies, significantly reduce its consumption.

Another simpler and closer definition of Ecosystem Agronomy could be:

"That agriculture and livestock that for its development, uses all possible and concurrent ecosystem services in the fields where it is implemented. Both at a nutritional level, as well as defense against pests and diseases, seeks to use only and exclusively, the goods and services generated by the potential habitats of the site."

Finally, we could define in an even simpler way:

EA as an agriculture and livestock based entirely on the NbS and that makes the most of the Ecosystem services offered by the species of potential Habitats (EspH) through specific practices .

In AE, it is developed thanks to two fundamental tools. Before starting any action, an Ecosystemic Management Plan (this Plan is an essential procedure to request enrollment in EA.) must be carried out. The set of practices and eco-techniques typical of EA (SADS, EspH, aqueous extracts, etc.) must lead to cultivation, in order to reach the Minimum Value of Total Ecosystem Services (MIVATES) in the shortest possible time. MIVATES is the fundamental tool to pass the EA certification audit.