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However, there is limited understanding of the actual mechanisms leading to correlations between plant diversity, productivity and stability which currently restricts the use of biologically diverse cropping systems in agriculture.
Moreover, reported pest severity was lower in mixed-cropping systems than in mono-cropping systems, reinforcing the idea of a pest suppression benefit of diverse cropping systems.
The impracticality of managing polycultures from an agronomic perspective means it is unlikely that farmers will shift to growing diverse cropping systems simply to facilitate a 'proposed' increase in AMF functional diversity, not even if direct nutrient benefit are expected.
A more diverse cropping landscape would mean viable farms, healthier diets and a steadier food system.
Investments in plant sciences will be necessary to design diverse cropping systems balancing productivity, sustainability, and nutritional quality.
Seminatural vegetation and diverse cropping systems have been converted into monocultures with low tree densities leaving the soil unprotected.
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Read about the projects helping women regenerate trees, harvest rainwater and grow more diverse crops.
The people who once lived there toiled in mines or cultivated diverse crops at various altitudes.
The solution is more diverse crops and cultivation practices, and a wider array of seeds, including non-genetically engineered ones.
Outside the cities, and fuelled by overseas demand, the pressure is on to turn land that once produced a portfolio of diverse crops into quinoa monoculture.
One is the agroecological approach, based on the use of traditional seeds, diverse crops, trees and livestock, with smallholder farmers and the right to food at the core.
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