Sustainable Advances in Agroecosystems and the Impact on Crop Production

Agroecosystems support food production through ecosystem services, agricul- tural activities and socio-aspects such as traditional knowledge and technology. These agroecological practices benefit the agroecosystem such as biodiversity, pest control and soil conservation, water conservation and climate change mit-igation. The review aims to investigate the recent advances in sustainable crop production that have emerged over the years such as agroecological practices and precision agriculture. Some agroecological practices reviewed include co-ver crops, intercropping, crop rotations and agroforestry. The practices that were found to have advanced than others were intercropping followed by crop rotation and agroforestry. Factors influencing farmers' adoption or non-adop-tion of these practices such as farm or land size, age, sex, skills and knowledge are also explained. The farm size followed age, skills, and knowledge followed by age and sex were the dominant factors that were responsible for adoption and non-adoption. The various types of crop diversification had an impact on the environment, crop growth and yield.