Management Practices Boosting Ecosystem Services

While natural ecosystems occur as a result of spontaneous natural reaction, agriculture is a manmade, production-driven system where men intervene to alter biological and physicochemical parameters through various practices, like irrigation, fertilization, and the control of bioagressors such as weeds, pests, and diseases. The goal of these practices is to ensure agricultural production and improve its quantity and quality while maintaining the natural ecological functions of the system.