3. Hypothesis: diversity as the foundation of a living agriculture

3.1 Diversity and agrosystems

Biodiversity is recognized as essential to life on Earth. Today, it is particularly threatened by human activities [G 8 065] . Against this backdrop, the UN declared 2010 to be the "Year of Biodiversity", followed in 2011 by the launch of the Decade to Stop Biodiversity.

Ecosystems are evolutionary. Adaptation is a permanent mechanism for coping with unpredictable change. Under these...

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