There is consensus that the global food system is not delivering good nutrition for all and is
causing environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, such that a profound …

Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

Feeding the world depends on protecting our valuable ecosystems and biodiversity.
Currently, increasing public awareness of the problems posed by the current industrialized …

There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable
agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to …

Crop diseases affect crop yield and quality and cause significant losses of total food
production worldwide. With the ever‐increasing world population and decreasing land and …

Addressing human and social values is a core element of agroecology, including questions
of equity and social justice in food systems, supporting autonomy and well-being of food …

Agroecology and regenerative agriculture have plenty in common: soil and ecosystem
restoration, reliance on biological interactions and ecosystem services, integration of …

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson
Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN …

Attaining sufficiency in food supply to support a growing population without compromising
ecosystem functioning remains a top agenda of researchers and agricultural stakeholders …

The agri-food system is facing a range of social-ecological threats, many of which are
caused and amplified by industrial agriculture. In response, numerous sustainable …