Reconciling coffee productivity and natural vegetation conservation in an agroecosystem landscape in Brazil

Latini, Anderson Oliveira; Silva, Daniel P.; Souza, Fernando Mantouvane Lanza; Ferreira, Marcela Costa; Moura, Maíse Soares de; Suarez, Natália Ferreira

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125902

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“…This might be a consequence of the fact that in the area, often shade cover is provided by Eucalyptus spp. that are known to reduce the productivity of coffee (Latini et al, 2020). The shade cover still has an important effect as it affects the microclimate (López-Bravo et al, 2012;Mariño et al, 2016), but the variety of shade trees is more important.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shade trees and agrochemical use affect butterfly assemblages in coffee home gardens

Campera

Balestri

Manson

et al. 2021

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shade trees and agrochemical use affect butterfly assemblages in coffee home gardens

Campera

Balestri

Manson

et al. 2021

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…One possible explanation for the low fructification rate we observed in the second evaluated bloom may be the competition of the crop pollinating insects in the study area with the natural vegetation surrounding it. The natural vegetation commonly contributes to pollination in some crop areas because the natural areas maintain quantity and diversity of resources, which can maintain pollinators able to visit crops during blooms (Cunningham & Le Feuvre, 2013; Latini et al., 2020; Saturni et al., 2016). In natural environments, plants may compete for pollinators simultaneously during flowering, which stimulates the selection of divergent flower phenotypes (van der Kooi et al., 2015).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Insects play a crucial role in fruit production (Dangles, 2019; Noriega et al., 2018). Total production, fruit biomass, and fruit quality in self‐incompatible plants are increased by insect pollination, which is considered an essential ecosystem service (Dale & Polasky, 2007; Latini et al., 2020; van der Sluijs & Vaage, 2016). The absence of pollinators may imply the need for manual pollination in some fruit production systems, affecting the weight and quality of the fruits (Giannini et al., 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Unusual pollinator attractants increase the fructification rate on West Indian Cherry Trees

Suarez

Latini

Rufini

et al. 2022

J Applied Entomology

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Although West Indian Cherry (WIC) trees have abundant flowering, specimens of this species have low fructification rates, potentially associated with the dependence of these plants on pollinators for cross‐pollination and fruit production. We quantified fructification rates and assessed the market value of pollination services by conducting an experiment with six treatments, including manual and open pollination, pollinator exclusion treatment, and open pollination with blue and yellow attractants. The investigation occurred at two sampling periods (November–December 2015 and January–February 2016) in a commercial orchard of WIC in Brazil. Despite the six different treatments in the two sampling periods, the fructification rate only differed in open pollination treatments with colour attractants, increasing the fructification rate between 160% (for blue‐coloured attractants) and 240% (for yellow‐coloured attractants). Considering that yield is directly affected by the increase in the fructification rate, the yield might be enhanced by up to 70 ton/ha by the coloured attractants. Economically speaking, this result means an approximate 130% increase in the earnings for farmers and maybe transferable to other crops contributing to food production and recognizing the importance of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.

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“…Because most of the increase in world food production requires increasing land conversion and deforestation instead of agricultural intensification [11,12], the gain that is made on ensuring food security is accompanied with a significant loss of biodiversity [13][14][15][16][17][18]. An important sustainability debate has focused on how to mitigate the increasing demand of land for agricultural purposes and the opportunity to share vs. spare land to achieve both biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of these lands [19][20][21][22][23][24]. The rationale behind land-sparing is centered around the urgency to conserve biological diversity in the current context of increased extinction of species and rapid biodiversity loss.…”

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Plant Diversity Increased Arthropod Diversity and Crop Yield in Traditional Agroforestry Systems but Has No Effect on Herbivory

N’Woueni

Gaoue

2022

Sustainability

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Improving agricultural production in response to the increasing food demand remains a major challenge in agroecology. The world has made significant efforts to meet this issue by developing several cultivation techniques, such as the use of chemical fertilizers and arable land conversion into agricultural land. However, most of these techniques have caused a significant loss of biodiversity and ecosystems services. Recent data suggest that biological conservation within and around agroforestry systems are potential solutions that can both reduce biodiversity loss and guarantee crop production. This logic is based on the hypothesis that increasing plant diversity in and around agricultural systems can limit the pest attack rate and increase crop yield. We tested this hypothesis using structural equation modeling on empirical data collected in agroforestry systems around the Pendjari biosphere reserve in West Africa. We measured crop diversity, crop yield, arthropod pest diversity, abundance, the rate of crop herbivory, and the diversity of plants in surrounding natural vegetation in 32 permanent plots. We estimated arthropod diversity and abundance using pitfall traps. We found a direct positive effect for plant diversity and a direct negative effect of arthropod herbivory on crop yield. The diversity of plants in surrounding natural vegetation had a direct positive effect on arthropod pest diversity but a marginal negative direct effect on the rate of crop herbivory. We found no significant direct or indirect effect for crop diversity. Our findings underline the important role of biodiversity conservation in agricultural production improvement. We suggest that the conservation of plant diversity around agroforestry systems may be an effective option to control herbivory damage. Its combination with other pest control techniques may further limit crop depredation and ensure the long-term conservation of wildlife.

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Reconciling coffee productivity and natural vegetation conservation in an agroecosystem landscape in Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Shade trees and agrochemical use affect butterfly assemblages in coffee home gardens

Shade trees and agrochemical use affect butterfly assemblages in coffee home gardens

Unusual pollinator attractants increase the fructification rate on West Indian Cherry Trees

Plant Diversity Increased Arthropod Diversity and Crop Yield in Traditional Agroforestry Systems but Has No Effect on Herbivory

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