Ecosystem services blog posts

Conventionally, we ask: what is the impact of agriculture on ecosystems? How are farming activities affecting ecosystems?

Andrew Noble addressing the Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference in Canberra, Australia  

This post was originally published on the Biove

This piece was originally posted on the Landscapes Blog for People, Food and Nature.

Several major Indian states- Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh all provide farmers with free electricity.

"We can no longer think about solving [resource] issues by tackling one problem at a time," James Mackie, the European Centre for Devel

Improvements in rainfed systems have the potential to improve agricultural production, increase water productivity and lift millions of farmers, particularly in Africa, out of poverty.

We know of the problems of water scarcity and of degradation of water, land and ecosystems. How did they occur, and what is our specific role in addressing them?