It explores syntropic farming through 8 principles (covered in the 8 chapters of the book):
1 – FOCUS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS
2 - DYNAMICS OF NATURAL SUCCESSION USED AS A TOOL
3 –Covered soil and planting densely
4 – SELECTIVE WEEDING AND PRUNING
5 – CONCENTRATING ENERGY AND EFFICIENTLY GENERATING BIOMASS
6 – ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF PLANTS
7 – SYNCHRONIZING
8 – TRYING TO SEE WHAT EACH BEING IS DOING WELL
Please note that this is an UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION of (part of) the original Portugese book by a NON-PORTUGESE speaker using GOOGLE TRANSLATE.
Some meaning always gets lost when translating (entropy..) and errors can be made. So read with this in mind and please refer to the original book when in doubt.
The introduction is not included in this translated version.