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 …

Intercrop** is a powerful way to promote a more diversified plant community in the field,
thereby enabling complementary and facilitative relationships. In these systems, legumes …

The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail,
consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the …

Soil organisms are an integral component of ecosystems, but their activities receive little
recognition in agricultural management strategies. Here we synthesize the potential of soil …

Agriculture and climate change are characterized by a complex cause-effect relationship.
The agricultural sector generates significant quantities of gas emissions that affect climate …

Diverse, severe, and location-specific impacts on agricultural production are anticipated with
climate change. The last IPCC report indicates that the rise of CO 2 and associated …

The adverse effects of climate change are significantly decreasing yield levels and yield
stability over time in current monocrop** systems. Intercrop** (IC), ie. growing more …

World population is projected to reach over nine billion by the year 2050, and ensuring food
security while mitigating environmental impacts represents a major agricultural challenge …

The forecasted 9.1 billion population in 2050 will require an increase in food production for
an additional two billion people. There is thus an active debate on new farming practices …

Recognition that climate change could have negative consequences for agricultural
production has generated a desire to build resilience into agricultural systems. One rational …