Biodiversity is severely declining in intensively managed agriculture worldwide. In response, land-management strategies for biodiversity conservation on farmland are in debate, namely ecological intensification and land sparing vs. land sharing. In parallel, there is a recent food vs. energy debate stimulated by an increasing competition for land resources. Despite clear overlaps between these...

Adaptation can be a key factor that will shape the future severity of climate change impacts on food production. The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of an agro-ecological approach based on various techniques as potential adaptation strategy in organic horticultural systems. A long-term field experiment was set up in Southern Italy, combining: (i) appropriate soil surface s...

We assessed the potential impacts of land-use changes resulting from a change in the current biofuel policy on biodiversity in Europe. We evaluated the possible impact of both arable and woody biofuel crops on changes in distribution of 313 species pertaining to different taxonomic groups. Using species-specific information on habitat suitability as well as land use simulations for three differ...

In recent years, early blight epidemics have been frequently causing important yield loses in potato crop. This fungal disease develops quickly when weather conditions are favorable, forcing the use of fungicides by farmers. A Limia is one largest areas for production Spain. Usually, controlled using pre-established schedule calendars. strategy expensive and can affect environment agricultural ...

Climate change is projected to negatively impact food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The magnitude of these impacts expected be amplified by the extensive reliance on rainfed agriculture and prevalence subsistence farming. In Great Lakes Region Central Africa, smallholder farming households are largely dependent root, tuber banana crops. However, potential various climate scenarios crops not we...

introduction today, with the increasing population and the need for strategic and industrial crops the farmers are simulated to grow these kinds of crops. thus, this subject has now been caused the inappropriate use of land and natural resources. on the other hand, the natural environment resources have limited the ability to use its resources and the climate change intensifies this limit abili...