中国生态农业开始于20世纪70年代末80年代初。中国生态农业的目标是有效地协调农业实践的社会、经济和生态效益。其关键途径包括在景观层面的生态规划,在生态系统层面的循环体系设计,以及重建重要的生物多样性。有利的社会经济环境对于中国生态农业发展至关重要。在社会体系方面,中国的生态农业发展需要通过教育、立法和评估体系建设建立必要的道德标准。在经济环境方面,中国生态农业发展需要有效的政府补助政策,有效的污染排放市场体系,以及生态友好产品销售的成熟市场。
Ecoagriculture in China began in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s. This system aims to bring about the most effective coordination of social, economic and ecological factors in agricultural practices. Key approaches include ecological planning at the landscape level, cycling system design at the ecosystem level, and the re-establishment of the importance of biodiversity. The social and economic environment favoured for ecoagriculture is important in order to enable its development. For the social environment, it is important to set up the necessary moral standards involved through educational, legislative and evaluation systems. For the economic environment, efficient government subsidy policies, an effective market system to deal with pollutant discharge, and efficient markets for the sale of ecologically-friendly products.