Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis
Published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. 1. The benefits of organic farming to biodiversity in agricultural landscapes continue to behotly debated, emphasizing the importance of precisely quantifying the effect of organic vs. conventional farming. 2. We conducted an updated hierarchical meta-analysis of studies that compared biodiversity under organic and conventional farming methods, measured as […]
Didactic Toolkit for the Design, Management and Assessment of Resilient Farming Systems
The main objective of this methodological toolkit is to aid farmers and technicians to better understand the principles and/or mechanisms that underlie the resiliency (or lack thereof) of farming systems and how agroecological management can enhance the capacity of farmers to adapt to unpredictable and severe climatic variability. The tool allows users to better clarify […]
To what extent does organic farming promote species richness and abundance in temperate climates? A review
The loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes has been dramatic over the past few decades with negative trends persisting. Organic farming has received widespread recognition in the scientific and politic fields for its environmental benefits, although the proportion of land cultivated organically is still small and the extent to which organic farming contributes to the […]
