Agro-ecosystems; Biological controls; Biotic stressors; Ecosystem services; Functional integrities; Global production; Human society; Invasive species; Microbial biodiversity; Plant healths; Environmental Engineering; Waste Management and Disposal; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Abstract :
[en] Human society is anchored in the global agroecosystem. For millennia, this system has provided humans with copious supplies of nutrient-rich food. Yet, through chemical intensification and simplification, vast shares of present-day farmland derive insufficient benefits from biodiversity and prove highly vulnerable to biotic stressors. Here, we argue that on-farm action centered on biological control can effectively defuse pest risk by bolstering foundational ecosystem services. By harnessing plant, animal and microbial biodiversity, biological control offers safe, efficacious and economically-sound plant health solutions and coevolved options for invasive species mitigation. In recent years, its scientific foundation has been fortified and solutions have been refined for myriad ecologically brittle systems. Yet, for biological control to be mainstreamed, it needs to be rebooted, intertwined with (on- and off-farm) agroecological tactics and refurbished - from research, policy and regulation, public-private partnerships up to modes of implementation. Misaligned incentives (for chemical pesticides) and adoption barriers further need to be removed, while its scientific underpinnings should become more interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, solution-oriented and linked with market demand. Thus, biological control could ensure human wellbeing in a nature-friendly manner and retain farmland ecological functioning under global change.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Wyckhuys, Kris A G ; Chrysalis Consulting, Danang, Viet Nam, Institute for Plant Protection, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Australia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy. Electronic address: k.wyckhuys@uq.edu.au
Gu, Baogen; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy
Ben Fekih, Ibtissem ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Gestion durable des bio-agresseurs
Finger, Robert; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Kenis, Mark; CABI, Delemont, Switzerland
Lu, Yanhui ; Institute for Plant Protection, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
Subramanian, Sevgan ; International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya
Tang, Fiona H M; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Weber, Donald C ; USDA-ARS Invasive Insect Biocontrol & Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA
Zhang, Wei ; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI-CGIAR), Washington DC, USA
Hadi, Buyung A R ; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy
Language :
English
Title :
Restoring functional integrity of the global production ecosystem through biological control.
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