River flowing through field. River flowing through field.

Advancing Ecosystem Service Markets for Sustainable Farming

Portrait of LaKisha Odom.

LaKisha Odom & DJ May

Washington, D.C.

  • Agroecosystems

Ecosystem Services Featuring Dr. LaKisha Odom

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.

On this episode of the Decode 6 podcast, Dr. LaKisha Odom, FFAR scientific program director, joined host DJ May to discuss:

  • 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 benefits these markets bring to farmers.
Portrait of LaKisha Odom.
[FFAR-funded research] always keeps our producers in mind as to what they might need and how we might support them in becoming the stewards … of their land and what tools, resources, guidance and recommendations they need to do that. LaKisha Odom, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Director
Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems

Learn more about Decode 6, a program of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America that provides information in the agricultural, conservation and environmental science arena.

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