Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection
has (or has not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM has …

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 …

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 …

Planetary boundaries for terrestrial inputs of reactive nitrogen (Nr) are transgressed and
reducing the input of new Nr and its environmental impacts are major global challenges …

Agricultural intensification increased crop productivity but simplified production with lower
diversity of crop** systems, higher genetic uniformity, and a higher uniformity of …

Abstract Diversified Farming (DF) Systems aim to integrate ecological and economic
benefits for sustainable agriculture. DF systems can enhance ecological benefits at the farm …

Plantation forests are increasing rapidly in the world in order to alleviate deforestation and
degradation of natural forests, along with providing various goods and services. While …

Brazil is a major sugarcane producer and its production more than doubled over the last
decades to meet global bioenergy demands for reducing crude oil dependency and …

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 …

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 …