Stability, robustness, vulnerability and resilience of agricultural systems. A review

N Urruty, D Tailliez-Lefebvre, C Huyghe - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2016 - Springer
Global warming and price volatility are increasing uncertainty for the future of agriculture.
Therefore, agricultural systems must be sustainable not only under average conditions, but …

Food security and biodiversity: can we have both? An agroecological analysis

MJ Chappell, LA LaValle - Agriculture and human values, 2011 - Springer
We present an extensive literature review exploring the relationships between food
insecurity and rapid biodiversity loss, and the competing methods proposed to address each …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity is considered important but interpreted narrowly in country reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Current actions and indicators …

S Hoban, CD Campbell, JM da Silva, R Ekblom… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
International agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have
committed to conserve, and sustainably and equitably use, biodiversity. The CBD is a vital …

Resilience in agriculture through crop diversification: adaptive management for environmental change

BB Lin - BioScience, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Recognition that climate change could have negative consequences for agricultural
production has generated a desire to build resilience into agricultural systems. One rational …

[图书][B] Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: an ecological and economic perspective

S Naeem, DE Bunker, A Hector, M Loreau, C Perrings - 2009 - books.google.com
How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Diversification strategies and adaptation deficit: Evidence from rural communities in Niger

S Asfaw, G Pallante, A Palma - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper provides fresh empirical evidence on the adaptation process in Niger rural
communities using original longitudinal socio-economic panel data merged with granular …

Utilizing and conserving agrobiodiversity in agricultural landscapes

LE Jackson, U Pascual, T Hodgkin - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2007 - Elsevier
A biodiversity-based paradigm for sustainable agriculture is a potential solution for many of
the problems associated with intensive, high input agriculture, and for greater resilience to …

Crop species diversity changes in the United States: 1978–2012

J Aguilar, GG Gramig, JR Hendrickson, DW Archer… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Anecdotal accounts regarding reduced US cropping system diversity have raised concerns
about negative impacts of increasingly homogeneous cropping systems. However, formal …

Crop diversification as a smallholder livelihood strategy within semi-arid agricultural systems near Mount Kenya

PF McCord, M Cox, M Schmitt-Harsh, T Evans - Land use policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Crop diversification is one strategy that smallholder farmers may employ to reduce their
vulnerability in the face of global environmental change. Diversification not only expands the …

Impacts of climate change on agro-climatic suitability of major food crops in Ghana

A Chemura, B Schauberger, C Gornott - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is projected to impact food production stability in many tropical countries
through impacts on crop potential. However, without quantitative assessments of where, by …