To combat climate change, farmers must innovate through ecological intensification to boost
food production, increase resilience to weather extremes, and shrink the carbon footprint of …

Intensive agriculture in Germany is not only highly productive but has also led to detrimental
effects in the environment. Crop diversification together with new field arrangements …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

The main contemporary challenge for agriculture is to meet the food demands of the
increasing world population while becoming more environmentally sustainable. One way to …

In this article we explore the concept and implications of three-dimensional (spatial,
temporal, and genetic) in-field crop diversification to inform systems redesign towards …

CONTEXT Crop diversification has been proposed as a promising strategy for transitioning
towards sustainable agricultural systems by leveraging biological processes and controls …

Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has
serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem services including insect …

Spatial diversification of crop and non-crop habitats in farming systems is promising for
enhancing natural regulation of insect pests. Nevertheless, results from recent syntheses …

CONTEXT Intensive food and feed production in sole-cropped, large fields with high fertilizer
and pesticide inputs to achieve high yields, has contributed to detrimental environmental …

A potential strategy for controlling pests is through the use of “companion plants” within a
crop system. This strategy has been used in several trials to fight against a major crop insect …