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‘Sustainable intensification’ is now often used to describe the future direction for agriculture and food production as a way to address the challenges of increasing global population, food security, climate change and resource conservation. There is a growing consensus that sustainable intensification should not only avoid further environmental damage, but...
Rapport
2015
Ce document représente une tentative de la part du Président de saisir la richesse des contributions présentées au cours du Symposium par différentes parties prenantes et experts, il sera plus amplement présenté dans le rapport complet du Symposium qui sera préparé par la FAO. Ce document ne reflète pas nécessairement...
Rapport de la Conférence
2018
Agri-environmental measures are considered the main tool available to stop the loss of biodiversity associated with the intensification of agriculture. However, the question of whether or not they constitute an adequate tool to achieve this objective continues to be the subject of scientific debate. The evaluations carried out so far...
Spain
article de journal
2013
The work analyzes the importance of plant diversity in agroecosystems and the effects of the intensification of agricultural and landscape practices on plant diversity. The review of several studies carried out by the research team highlights that agricultural intensification, both at the field and landscape levels, negatively affects the abundance...
Spain
article de journal
2013
The development of breeding strategies that link biodiversity and crop production and regulation services is compulsory when it comes to promoting a low-input agriculture (which includes organic farming). In low-input agricultural systems, yield production should rely on the tools provided by the diversity within and between crops, using local resources...
Spain
article de journal
2013
We used coffee farming households as units of analysis to synthetize agrobiodiversity data in agricultural plots managed by coffee cooperative members of Nicaragua and El Salvador. Surveys, focus groups and plant inventories were used to analyze agrobiodiversity and its contribution to household livelihoods. Coffee farming families managed high levels of...
Nicaragua
article de journal
2013
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