New Study Finds Biodiversity Boosts Crop Yields, Pollinators and Pest Control

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By MongabayOct 17, 2019, 3:02 pm226 pts
Farms with just one or a handful of different crops encourage fewer species of pollinating and pest-controlling insects to linger, ultimately winnowing away crop yields, according to a new study. Up to half of the detrimental impacts of the "landscape simplification" that monocropping entails come as a result…

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