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 …

Lower diversity of plant and animal farmland species are usually reported where cropland
has been aggregated into larger fields, which raises prospects of curbing declines in …

Context Agroecology combines agronomic and ecological concepts. It relies on the
enhancement of biodiversity and related ecosystem services to support agricultural …

Conversion of semi-natural habitats, such as field margins, fallows, hedgerows, grassland,
woodlots and forests, to agricultural land could increase agricultural production and help …

Participatory techniques are widely recognized as essential in addressing the challenges of
agri-environmental policy and decision-making. Furthermore, it is well known that …

Agriculture plays a dual role in the conservation of European biodiversity, as extensive
agricultural lands provide habitats for more than half of Europe's species, but intensification …

In the present article, the main principles of the circular economy are outlined in
contradistinction with the existing and traditional linear economic model. An econometric …

Agricultural intensification continues to threaten habitat and biological diversity in farmland.
In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has established several measures to …

It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more
than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same …

Concerns over the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in farmland have prompted
the development of agri-environment policy measures aimed at reducing farming pressure …