The capacity of ecofarms to contribute to the management of the local environment is argued through their complex effects on the rural landscape, climate, waters, atmosphere, biodiversity, and ecological equilibria. The sustainability of the rural landscape is also assured by the improvement of the soils in the ecofarms. This paper reviewed the situation of ecofarms in the world, in Europe, and their perspectives in Romania.

The work comprises some theoretical considerations concerning ecofarms, viewed as productive systems able to rely on sustainability. It is described the ecofarm concept as an agroforest system, where the agricultural field has a complex and diverse structure in order to turn to account the wastes products to the profit of the soil. We also present the principles and rules on which the functioning of the ecological farm is based and which must be taken into account in order to obtain ecological products.