TY - JOUR

T1 - Deciphering the Biodiversity–Production Mutualism in the Global Food Security Debate

AU - Seppelt, Ralf

AU - Arndt, Channing

AU - Beckmann, Michael

AU - Martin, Emily A.

AU - Hertel, Thomas W.

N1 - Funding information: The authors are grateful to Lucas Garibaldi for proving the data for Box 2 (see Figure I in Box 2 ), the opportunity to reanalyze these data, and the suggestions on earlier versions of this opinion article. T.H. acknowledges the support of the National Science Foundation (INFEWS CBET-1855937 and RDCEP, 386 SES-1463644 ) as well as the ( USDA-NIFA ) ( IND01053G2 ) and Hatch ( 100342 ). M.B. acknowledges funding by the Helmholtz Research School for Ecosystem Services under Changing Land Use and Climate ( ESCALATE, VH-KO-613 ).

PY - 2020/11

Y1 - 2020/11

N2 - Without changes in consumption, along with sharp reductions in food waste and postharvest losses, agricultural production must grow to meet future food demands. The variety of concepts and policies relating to yield increases fail to integrate an important constituent of production and human nutrition – biodiversity. We develop an analytical framework to unpack this biodiversity-production mutualism (BPM), which bridges the research fields of ecology and agroeconomics and makes the trade-off between food security and protection of biodiversity explicit. By applying the framework, the incorporation of agroecological principles in global food systems are quantifiable, informed assessments of green total factor productivity (TFP) are supported, and possible lock-ins of the global food system through overintensification and associated biodiversity loss can be avoided.

AB - Without changes in consumption, along with sharp reductions in food waste and postharvest losses, agricultural production must grow to meet future food demands. The variety of concepts and policies relating to yield increases fail to integrate an important constituent of production and human nutrition – biodiversity. We develop an analytical framework to unpack this biodiversity-production mutualism (BPM), which bridges the research fields of ecology and agroeconomics and makes the trade-off between food security and protection of biodiversity explicit. By applying the framework, the incorporation of agroecological principles in global food systems are quantifiable, informed assessments of green total factor productivity (TFP) are supported, and possible lock-ins of the global food system through overintensification and associated biodiversity loss can be avoided.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.012

DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.012

M3 - Article

VL - 35

SP - 1011

EP - 1020

JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

SN - 0169-5347

IS - 11

ER -