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Desertification affects every continent, but it remains difficult to fully measure the rate and extent of desertification at a global level due to its many forms and to lack of standardized...

Key Messages: Droughts emerge from a combination of natural climate variability, anthropogenic climate change, and human mismanagement of water and land resources. It is not just the absence...

Rice is a staple food for half of the human population, but the effects of diversification on yields, economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services have not been synthesized. Here we quantify...

Societal Impact Statement: The global success and expansion of a small pool of major crops, including rice, wheat and maize, risks homogenising global agriculture. Focusing on...

Highlights Sustainable intensification (SI) technologies are overwhelmingly evaluated by only two indicators: yield and economics. Gender, wild biodiversity, and food security are...

To leverage agriculture's potential to better benefit both people and nature, policymakers need clear messages about which farming practices positively impact biodiversity and yields...

The development of agroecosystems that can provide multiple ecosystem services with a reduced need of external inputs, requires management practices that foster ecological processes to enhance soil quality...

Enhancing biodiversity in cropping systems is suggested to promote ecosystem services, thereby reducing dependency on agronomic inputs while maintaining high crop yields. We assess...

Recent research has revealed that complex rice systems (CRSs), in which several plant and animal species, including azolla, fish, ducks and border plants have...

Biodiversity-based agriculture is the main form of agriculture practiced by smallholder farmers, who produce half the world's food, especially in the Global South. This form of agriculture relies on planned...