That’s the headline on a note from the American Institute of Biological Sciences, which publishes the excellent BioScience. Resilience in Agriculture through Crop Diversification: Adaptive Management for Environmental Change, a review by Brenda Lin of the CSIRO in Australia, pulls together lots of studies ((Though by no means all …)) from lots of places and lots of species (and varieties) to come to the conclusion that, yes, indeed,
Understanding the potential of increasing diversity within farm systems is essential to helping farmers adapt to greater climate variability of the future. By adopting farm systems that promote ecosystem services for pest and disease control and resilience to climate change variability, farmers are less at risk to production loss and are more generally resilient to environmental change.
Thanks Eve.