Research Driven Insights: Advancing Ecosystem Service Markets for Sustainable Farming

Ecosystem services encompass the dynamic balance between plants, animals, and the surrounding environment. Ecosystem service markets seek to quantify these complex relationships and offer incentives to producers and land managers for improving ecosystem services.

What’s the relationship between research and ecosystem service markets?

Our expert with the answers is Dr. LaKisha Odom, Scientific Program Director at the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research. In this episode, LaKisha explores:

• The intricacies of ecosystem service markets,
• The relationship between research and practical applications in farming,
• The challenges of quantifying ecosystem services, and
• The tangible and intangible benefites these markets bring to farmers.

Dig deeper: Explore these resources to learn more about ecosystem services and their corresponding markets.

• What Are Ecosystem Services? (Decode 6)
• Ecosystem Markets in EnviroAtlas (USDA)
• Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (FFAR)

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