ProgramCIP 01.0308

Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture

A program that focuses on agricultural principles and practices that, over the long term, enhance environmental quality, make efficient use of nonrenewable resources, integrate natural biological cycles and controls, and are economically viable and socially responsible; and that may prepare individuals to apply this knowledge to the solution of agricultural and environmental problems. Includes instruction in principles of agroecology, crop and soil sciences, entomology, horticulture, animal science, weed science and management, soil fertility and nutrient cycling, applied ecology, agricultural economics, and rangeland ecology and watershed management.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Agroecology, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Farming.