The “biodiversity–ecosystem function debate” is considered one of the most heated recent scientific issues within the discipline of Ecology. However, it can be better understood as an interdisciplinary dialogue between Ecology, Agricultural Science, and Agroecology. In this article, I review the interplay of these disciplines on the conflict, the resolution, and the implications of this debate....

Today’s society faces many challenges when it comes to food production: producing food sustainably, producing enough of it, distributing food, consuming enough calories, consuming too many calories, consuming culturally-appropriate foods, and reducing the amount of food wasted. The distribution of power within the current mainstream agri-food system is dominated by multinational agri-businesses...

In response to global calls for sustainable food production, we identify two diverging paradigms address the future of agriculture. We explore possibility uniting these seemingly production-oriented and ecologically oriented agriculture in form precision agroecology. Merging technology agroecological principles offers a unique array solutions driven by data collection, experimentation, decision...

AIMS The aims of the study were to quantify aflatoxins, the potent carcinogens associated with stunting and immune suppression, in maize and groundnut across Zambia's three agroecologies and to determine the vulnerability to aflatoxin increases after purchase. METHODS AND RESULTS Aflatoxin concentrations were determined for 334 maize and groundnut samples from 27 districts using lateral-flow ...

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