Claim · model-written summary
Agroforestry improves biodiversity.
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Verbatim
e0“Agroforestry systematically induces an improvement of biodiversity and soil quality—in particular soil organic carbon”
t0“crop”
Title
Evidence map of crop diversification strategies at the global scale
Damien Beillouin; Tamara Ben-Ari; David Makowski Environmental Research Letters 2019. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab4449
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Method / resource The review identified 99 meta analyses covering over 3700 agronomic experiments.
- Observation Rotation and associated plant species dominate the diversification literature.
- Association Rotation is associated with increased yield.
- Association Intercropping is associated with increased yield.
- Association Agroforestry improves soil quality and organic carbon.
- Association Combining diversification strategies outperforms any individual strategy.
- Observation The review found knowledge gaps in water use, profitability, quality and stability.
- Observation Few meta analyses addressed landscape heterogeneity or species beyond cereals and pulses.
- Observation Most meta analyses were not fully transparent or reproducible.
- Recommendation Authors recommend caution in interpreting the meta analyses conclusions.