Beyond organic farming–harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes

T Tscharntke, I Grass, TC Wanger, C Westphal… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021‏ - cell.com
We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative
to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Certification of …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable agro-food systems for addressing climate change and food security

A Wijerathna-Yapa, R Pathirana - Agriculture, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Despite world food production kee** pace with population growth because of the Green
Revolution, the United Nations (UN) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 …

Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield

G Tamburini, R Bommarco, TC Wanger, C Kremen… - Science …, 2020‏ - science.org
Enhancing biodiversity in crop** systems is suggested to promote ecosystem services,
thereby reducing dependency on agronomic inputs while maintaining high crop yields. We …

The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

M Albrecht, D Kleijn, NM Williams, M Tschumi… - Ecology …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through
provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the …

Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

C MacLaren, A Mead, D van Balen, L Claessens… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Ecological intensification (EI) could help return agriculture into a 'safe operating space'for
humanity. Using a novel application of meta-analysis to data from 30 long-term experiments …

Sustainable agricultural practices for food security and ecosystem services

A Rehman, M Farooq, DJ Lee… - Environmental Science and …, 2022‏ - Springer
The notion of food security is a global phenomenon that im**es on every human. Efforts to
increase productivity and yields have historically degraded the environment and reduced …

Benefits and risks of intercrop** for crop resilience and pest management

CP Huss, KD Holmes… - Journal of economic …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
To combat climate change, farmers must innovate through ecological intensification to boost
food production, increase resilience to weather extremes, and shrink the carbon footprint of …

Plant biodiversity promotes sustainable agriculture directly and via belowground effects

SL Cappelli, LA Domeignoz-Horta, V Loaiza… - Trends in Plant …, 2022‏ - cell.com
While the positive relationship between plant biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF)
is well established, the extent to which this is mediated via belowground microbial …

An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

C MacLaren, J Storkey, A Menegat, H Metcalfe… - Agronomy for …, 2020‏ - Springer
Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

EA Martin, M Dainese, Y Clough, A Báldi… - Ecology …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key
aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and …