Agricultural diversification promotes sustainable and resilient global rice production

He, Xueqing; Batáry, Péter; Zou, Yi; Zhou, Wenwu; Wang, Guanghua; Liu, Zhanyu; Bai, Yaoyu; Gong, Shanxing; Zhu, Zengrong; Settele, Josef; Zhang, Zhongxue; Qi, Zhijuan; Peng, Zhaopu; Ma, Mingyong; Lv, Jin; Cen, Haiyan; Wanger, Thomas Cherico

doi:10.1038/s43016-023-00836-4

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“…It is well established that the diversification of farming systems to include biodiversity conservation and incorporate different species or genotypes of plants, fish, and livestock at multiple scales can improve biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions and services (e.g. He et al., 2023). Yet, a greater understanding of the interactions among services, taxa and/or systems can help identify management practices that optimise biodiversity conservation with little impact upon productivity.…”

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Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production

Rader,

Nuñez,

Siqueira

et al. 2024

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Agroecological research has an important role in supporting evidence‐based land management to ensure food production is achieved whilst minimising the impacts on biodiversity and its associated ecosystem processes and services. This nexus between often competing priorities of optimal production and sustainability requires greater knowledge of management decisions to enact more sustainable and transformative practice change and to better conserve biodiversity. We highlight three key knowledge gaps in this area: (i) The use of appropriate indicators to measure dependencies and impacts on biodiversity; (ii) Methods to improve the management of resources to support the “health” of biodiversity within agroecosystems; (iii) Greater understanding of the ecosystem processes, and services generated and received across terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Synthesis and applications. Ecological research and robust science will play a vital role in supporting more sustainable food production. We see Journal of Applied Ecology playing a key role in promoting agricultural research that goes beyond a narrow focus on increasing output, and encourage more submissions at the interface of agriculture, ecology and biodiversity conservation, considering social and economic aspects for a sustainable future.

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Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production

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Nuñez,

Siqueira

et al. 2024

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect plant growth and development and therefore crop yield and quality [1]. Rice, a staple food, is needed around the world, and rice production is of great significance to global food security [2]. However, due to climate change and erratic rainfall patterns, drought stress increased globally and led to crop yields decreased [3].…”

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Rice OsANN9 Enhances Drought Tolerance through Modulating ROS Scavenging Systems

Jia,

Gu,

Chai

et al. 2023

IJMS

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Drought is a critical abiotic stress which leads to crop yield and a decrease in quality. Annexins belong to a multi-gene family of calcium- and lipid-binding proteins and play diverse roles in plant growth and development. Herein, we report a rice annexin protein, OsANN9, which in addition to regular annexin repeats and type-II Ca2+ binding sites, also consists of a C2H2-type zinc-finger domain. We found that the expression of OsANN9 was upregulated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) or water-deficient treatment. Moreover, plants that overexpressed OsANN9 had increased survival rates under drought stress, while both OsANN9-RNAi and osann9 mutants showed sensitivity to drought. In addition, the overexpression of OsANN9 increased superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) activities, which regulate reactive oxygen species homeostasis. Collectively, these findings indicate that OsANN9 may function as a positive regulator in response to drought stress by modulating antioxidant accumulation. Interestingly, the setting rates of osann9 mutant rice plants significantly decreased in comparison to wild-type plants, suggesting that OsANN9 might be involved in other molecular mechanisms in the rice seed development stage.

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“…To determine whether there are advantages to scaling up diversified agricultural systems ( 19 ), we need evidence that diversification does not privilege certain outcomes (e.g., nonagricultural biodiversity) at the expense of others (e.g., yields) ( 20 ). Here, we draw on data from 11 countries to take the next step, building on prior syntheses examining how diversification affects biodiversity, ecosystem services, and yields ( 12 – 14 , 21 , 22 ) to include other social outcomes such as food security and human well-being.…”

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Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

Rasmussen,

Grass,

Mehrabi

et al. 2024

Science

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Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. We found that applying multiple diversification strategies creates more positive outcomes than individual management strategies alone. To realize these benefits, well-designed policies are needed to incentivize the adoption of multiple diversification strategies in unison.

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Agricultural diversification promotes sustainable and resilient global rice production

Cited by 13 publications

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Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production

Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production

Rice OsANN9 Enhances Drought Tolerance through Modulating ROS Scavenging Systems

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

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