Farmer-led agroecology for biodiversity with climate change

David A Bohan; Anett Richter; Miranda Bane; Olivier Therond; Michael J O Pocock

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.006

Farmer-led agroecology for biodiversity with climate change

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Nov;37(11):927-930. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.006. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Authors

David A Bohan¹, Anett Richter², Miranda Bane³, Olivier Therond⁴, Michael J O Pocock⁵

Affiliations

¹ Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAe Université Bourgogne, Université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France. Electronic address: david.bohan@inrae.fr.
² Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Bundesallee 65, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
³ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK.
⁴ UMR LAE, INRAE, Colmar, France.
⁵ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.

PMID: 35945075
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.006

Abstract

The increasing pace of climate change is an existential threat to farming continuity and biodiversity. Agricultural innovation is running too slowly but could be accelerated by a change in the agroecological narrative. A farmer-led agroecology prioritising farming continuity for biodiversity would speed up innovation and better serve science and society.

Keywords: agroecology; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; farmer-led innovation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate Change*
Ecosystem*
Farmers
Humans