“More biodiversity can produce greater yields”
Are high-yield harvests and insect-friendly, sustainable agriculture mutually exclusive? On the contrary, says Prof. Dr Christoph Scherber. The agroecologist heads the Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Research at LIB. Together with his research team, he develops solutions for the transformation in agriculture towards more biodiversity.
A growing world population with a high demand for food is confronted with insect protection. Are ecology and economy mutually exclusive in agriculture?
What possibilities do conventional farms have to achieve good yields and at the same time slow down the insect decline?
To what extent is the intensification of agricultural use and the high dynamics of landscape change responsible for the current losses of biodiversity?
What do we know today about the causes and consequences of insect decline in agriculture?
With which research projects at the LIB are you looking for solutions to make agricultural production more ecological?
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Faces of the LIB: Christoph Scherber