Monsoon Asian countries are blessed with natural resources for
agriculture by warm and seasonal humid climate, which sustain
about 60% of the world’s human population within about 16% of
earth’s land surface. The dominance of rice cultivation and
family-owned small scale agriculture in this region has
developed agro-ecosystems with long sustainability of food
production and biodiversity comprising various species. On the
other hand, the agro-ecosystems in monsoon Asia have been
intensively disturbed or managed by human activities for many
centuries and are now involved in rapid economic, social and
environmental changes. As a result, a drastic deterioration of
the ecosystems has been observed recently due to climate change,
urbanization, pollution by toxic chemicals, or invasion of alien
species. Therefore, it is imperative that researchers,
engineers, and administrative authorities of this region
internationally closely collaborate to meet growing needs to
agriculture while harmonizing nature. The MARCO Symp