Soil biodiversity creates a rice production revolution
Hardly known in the west a revolution is taking place across the rice-producing world – and the secret lies in enabling soil biodiversity to thrive. The method, known as the System of Rice […]
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Evidence and observation
No flies on bio-diverse fields
A recent article in Plos One highlights how organic farming favours insects, and therefore insect pollinated plants in meadows and wheat fields. The study explored nine different landscapes under different levels […]
Biodiversity loss increases risks of ecosystem collapse
A ten year study published and commented on in Nature concludes that farmers and land resource managers should not rely on seemingly stable but vulnerable single-crop mono-cultures but should encourage more plant diversity […]
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