Provisioning services, such as the production of food, feed, and fiber, have always been the
main focus of agriculture. Since the 1950s, intensive cropping systems based on the
cultivation of a single crop or a single cultivar, in simplified rotations or monocultures, and
relying on extensive use of agrochemical inputs have been preferred to more diverse, self-
sustaining cropping systems, regardless of the environmental consequences. However,
there is increasing evidence that such intensive agroecosystems have led to a decline in …