Biodiversity and pollination benefits trade off against profit in an intensive farming system.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural expansion and intensification have boosted global food production but have come at the cost of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Biodiversity-friendly farming that boosts ecosystem services, such as pollination and natural pest control, is widely being advocated to maintain and improve agricultural productivity while safeguarding biodiversity. A vast body of evidence showing the agronomic benefits of enhanced ecosystem service delivery represent important incentives to adopt practices enhancing biodiversity. However, the costs of biodiversity-friendly management are rarely taken into account and may represent a major barrier impeding uptake by farmers. Whether and how biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service delivery, and farm profit can go hand in hand is u

SUBMITTER: Scheper J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature