Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative
to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Certification of …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Agroecology (AE) has been proposed as a transformative approach to climate change
mitigation and adaptation that reduces climate risk while supporting long-term productivity …

Diversified farming systems are promoted as a pathway to more sustainable agricultural
production. Yet widescale adoption may be slow because of uncertainty about the viability of …

Global land systems are increasingly shaped by international trade of agricultural products.
An increasing number of studies have quantified the implications of agricultural trade for …

Agroforestry as active area of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research aims to bridge
several artificial divides that have respectable historical roots but hinder progress toward …

Mixed production systems, in which producers have some combination of perennial and
annual crops, livestock, and/or fisheries, are the most common form of farming in low-and …

Many decades of improvement in cacao have aided to obtain cultivars with characteristics of
tolerance to diseases, adaptability to different edaphoclimatic conditions, and higher yields …

To leverage agriculture's potential to better benefit both people and nature, policymakers
need clear messages about which farming practices positively impact biodiversity and …