Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection
has (or has not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM has …

Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest
control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area …

Initiatives to reduce the reliance of agriculture on pesticides, including the European Union
(EU) Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides (SUD), have yet to lead to …

The search for approaches to a holistic sustainable agriculture requires the development of
new cropping systems that provide additional ecosystem services beyond biomass supply …

CONTEXT Conventional cropping systems in south-western France contribute greatly to the
degradation of environmental resources. Crop diversification is considered to be an effective …

CONTEXT Agricultural intensification contributes to global food security and well-being by
supplying the food demand of a growing human population. However, ongoing land-use …

To address the influence of soil tillage reduction on crop yield and soil properties, an
experiment was set up in 1969 in the western part of Switzerland. A conventional tillage …

The development and adoption of high-yielding varieties, improved agricultural techniques
and rapid mechanization have contributed substantially to progress in agriculture since …

A major path helping agriculture achieve the dual challenges of production and
environmental preservation, consists of transitioning from the current, external input-based …

The growing recognition of the environmental and health issues associated to pesticide use
requires to investigate how to manage weeds with less or no herbicides in arable farming …