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Landscape ecology is key to designing agroecological landscapes by enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services. Implementing agroecology at scale requires understanding field interactions and farmer involvement for sustainable agriculture.

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  • Integrates agronomic and ecological principles for sustainable agriculture.
  • Focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem services to support food production.
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  • Agroecology relies on enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services for agricultural production.
  • Biological interactions are crucial for designing and managing agricultural systems.
  • Landscape ecology offers a framework for understanding and promoting agroecological practices.

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  • To understand and promote biodiversity, pest regulation, and crop pollination.
  • To illustrate landscape ecological methods for agroforestry and propose implementation pathways.

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  • Analysis of landscape ecology's contribution to agroecology development.

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  • Agroecology necessitates a landscape-scale perspective, considering field connectivity and semi-natural habitats.
  • The interaction between semi-natural elements and crop mosaics is vital for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
  • Bottom-up approaches, starting with 'lighthouse farms,' can amplify agroecology adoption.

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  • Successful agroecological landscapes require understanding biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning at scale.
  • Farmer involvement through context-specific, bottom-up approaches is essential for widespread adoption.
  • Integrating landscape ecology principles is fundamental for achieving agroecological management across agricultural landscapes.