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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"ecological intensification"”.
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Assessing the value of ecological intensification in improving smallholder farmers' food security and rural livelihoods in a changing climate
… two main models of production, sustainable and ecological intensification as means to produce more food per unit land area while simultaneously ensuring environmental sustainability. A better understanding of their suitability and applicability in diverse and heterogeneous biophysical and …
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Efficacy of agroecological approaches to ameliorate trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation
… expansion into natural ecosystems and scaling up ecological restoration efforts will be critical to revert global biodiversity loss. Concurrently, the nutrition needs of a growing human population must be met, which necessitates increasing, or at the very least maintaining, current agricultural …
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The effects of dung beetles on ecosystem functioning: From global trends to New Zealand pastures
… of dung beetles can be viewed as a means of ecological intensification, offering potential advantages for multitrophic diversification. Overall, the findings of this thesis have positive implications for nature-based management, offering promising prospects for fostering self-sustaining …
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Enhancing the benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem services within arable field margins
… One approach that would achieve this goal is ecological intensification, which seeks to manage the biodiversity and ecological processes underpinning agricultural production so that damaging farming practices can be replaced or reduced. Forb-rich arable field margins have been shown to benefit …
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Functional diversity and mowing regime of flower strips as tools to support pollinators and to suppress weeds
Intensification of agriculture during past decades is one of the causes of biodiversity declines. Ecological intensification has been proposed as a more sustainable alternative of intensive agriculture that should be able to fulfill worldwide demands of food, by optimizing ecosystem functions and …
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THE ORCHARD AND ITS DWELLERS: PATHWAYS FOR RECONCILING NATURE CONSERVATION WITH INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IN THE NON VALLEY APPLE DISTRICT, NORTHERN ITALY
L’agricoltura moderna sta affrontando la sfida globale di sfamare la crescente popolazione umana e contemporaneamente ridurre drasticamente il suo impatto ambientale. Fino ad ora, l’intensificazione agricola è avvenuta a discapito dei sistemi naturali, comportando un declino globale della …