TY - BOOK ID - 146358170 TI - Agricultural Diversification AU - Francaviglia, Rosa. AU - Farina, Roberta. AU - Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge. AU - Horta, Raúl AU - Di Bene, Claudia. PY - 2022 PB - Basel : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, DB - UniCat KW - Research. KW - Environmental economics. KW - blue prawn KW - black tiger shrimp KW - economic efficiency KW - farming systems KW - salinity intrusion KW - soil salinity KW - white-legged shrimp KW - big blue stem KW - Cave in rock KW - claypan KW - forbs KW - legumes KW - intercropping KW - cropping systems KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - millet and sorghum KW - diversification KW - monocultivar KW - mixed-species plantation KW - biodiversity KW - arthropod KW - soil KW - on-farm biodiversity indicators KW - lupin KW - triticale KW - weeds KW - nitrogen KW - convolutional neural network KW - light competition KW - transfer learning KW - growth stages KW - mixed cropping KW - accumulate growing degree days KW - phyllochron KW - grass regrowth KW - leaf sheaths KW - blades KW - agricultural sustainability KW - crop rotation KW - rice KW - eco-economic benefit KW - externality KW - perennial cropping systems KW - grape production KW - medicinal and aromatic plants KW - grapevine yield KW - must quality KW - experimental design KW - aboveground mass KW - black medick KW - Egyptian clover KW - grain yield KW - nutrients KW - white clover KW - foodshed KW - archipelago KW - city region KW - food modelling KW - food self-sufficiency KW - self-reliance KW - food security KW - agricultural diversification KW - food planning KW - regional food system KW - crop diversification KW - small farms KW - HHI-Index KW - Poland KW - biochar KW - sunflower husk KW - soil respiration KW - soybean KW - blue prawn KW - black tiger shrimp KW - economic efficiency KW - farming systems KW - salinity intrusion KW - soil salinity KW - white-legged shrimp KW - big blue stem KW - Cave in rock KW - claypan KW - forbs KW - legumes KW - intercropping KW - cropping systems KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - millet and sorghum KW - diversification KW - monocultivar KW - mixed-species plantation KW - biodiversity KW - arthropod KW - soil KW - on-farm biodiversity indicators KW - lupin KW - triticale KW - weeds KW - nitrogen KW - convolutional neural network KW - light competition KW - transfer learning KW - growth stages KW - mixed cropping KW - accumulate growing degree days KW - phyllochron KW - grass regrowth KW - leaf sheaths KW - blades KW - agricultural sustainability KW - crop rotation KW - rice KW - eco-economic benefit KW - externality KW - perennial cropping systems KW - grape production KW - medicinal and aromatic plants KW - grapevine yield KW - must quality KW - experimental design KW - aboveground mass KW - black medick KW - Egyptian clover KW - grain yield KW - nutrients KW - white clover KW - foodshed KW - archipelago KW - city region KW - food modelling KW - food self-sufficiency KW - self-reliance KW - food security KW - agricultural diversification KW - food planning KW - regional food system KW - crop diversification KW - small farms KW - HHI-Index KW - Poland KW - biochar KW - sunflower husk KW - soil respiration KW - soybean UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146358170 AB - Agricultural diversification can occur in many forms (e.g., genetic variety, species, structural) and can be created temporally and over different spatially scales (e.g., within crop, within field, and landscape level). Crop diversification is the practice of growing more than one crop species within a farming area in the form of rotations (two or more crops on the same field in different years), multiple crops (more than one crop in the same season on the same field) or intercropping (at least two crops simultaneously on the same field).Various cropping strategies and management practices, such as diversification of cropping systems by crop rotation, conservation tillage, and the use of cover crops, have been promoted to enhance crop productivity and ecosystem services. However, the opportunities and means differ among regions and the actual effects of diversification on cropping system sustainability still need more investigation.This Special Issue covers the state-of-the-art and recent progress in different aspects related to agricultural diversification to increase the sustainability and resilience of a wide range of cropping systems (grassland, horticultural crops, fruit trees) and in a scenario of environmental challenges due to climate change: Crop production and quality; Impact of crop diversification on soil quality and biodiversity; Environmental impact and delivery of ecosystem services by crop diversification. ER -