The benefits of floral border crops in smallholder rice production depends on agronomic inputs and landscape context
Bryony K. Willcox,
Michael P. D. Garratt,
Tom D. Breeze
et al.
Abstract:Ecological intensification (EI) provides an important and increasingly adopted pathway for achieving more sustainable agricultural systems. However, the implementation and success of on‐farm EI practices may vary depending on landscape context and local management practices.
We evaluated how EI interventions, including two different agricultural input regimes (high or low use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers) and floral border crops, affected local natural enemy biodiversity, pest abundance and crop yie… Show more
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