How to implement biodiversity-based agriculture to enhance ecosystem services: a review

Intensive agriculture has led to several drawbacks such as biodiversity loss, climate change, erosion, and pollution of air and water. A potential solution is to implement management practices that increase the level of provision of ecosystem services such as soil fertility and biological regulation. There is a lot of literature on the principles of agroecology. However, there is a gap of knowledge between agroecological principles and practical applications. Therefore, we review here agroecological and management sciences to identify two facts that explain the lack of practical applications: (1) the occurrence of high uncertainties about relations between agricultural practices, ecological processes, and…

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  Agence Nationale de la Recherche

  Awards: ANR-09-STRA-06, ANR-13-AGRO-0006, ANR-13-AGRO
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  FP7 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology