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Abstract
Landscape features supporting natural pest control (LF-NPC) offer a nature-based solution to reduce pesticide use in agriculture. This paper introduces a novel approach to quantify LF-NPC's contribution to agricultural yields and economic value using EU farm data, a spatially explicit LF-NPC map, and an agro-economic model. Results show that farms in areas with higher LF-NPC potential experience lower productivity losses with reduced pesticide use, reducing yield gaps by 4 percentage points and increasing income similarly. This highlights the significance of LF-NPC for sustainable agriculture.
Publisher
Nature Communications
Published On
Jun 25, 2024
Authors
Ana Klinnert, Ana Luisa Barbosa, Rui Catarino, Thomas Fellmann, Edoardo Baldoni, Caetano Beber, Jordan Hristov, Maria Luisa Paracchini, Carlo Rega, Franz Weiss, Peter Witzke, Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo
Tags
natural pest control
sustainable agriculture
pesticide reduction
economic value
agricultural yields
LF-NPC
EU farm data

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