Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective
During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these achievements were often reached at large environmental costs, “greener” trajectories urgently need to be traced for Asia's agri-f...
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doaj-022831122cc94522b1bacf555e802f2b2020-11-25T02:36:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2020-09-01410.3389/fsufs.2020.00140547917Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian PerspectiveKris A. G. Wyckhuys0Kris A. G. Wyckhuys1Kris A. G. Wyckhuys2Kris A. G. Wyckhuys3Mauricio González-Chang4Evie Adriani5Annabelle B. Albaytar6Alice Albertini7Gonzalo Avila8Marie Joy B. Beltran9Ariel D. Boreros10Muhammad Z. Fanani11Duc T. Nguyen12Giang Nguyen13Ihsan Nurkomar14Sundar Tiwari15Institute for Plant Protection, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaFujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, ChinaUniversity of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaChrysalis Consulting, Hanoi, VietnamDepartment of Sustainable Biosphere, Universidad de Aysén, Coyhaique, ChileIchsan University, Gorontalo, IndonesiaInstitute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, PhilippinesInstitute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand0National Crop Protection Center, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines1Regional Crop Protection Center XII, Tacurong City, Philippines2Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia3Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam4University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, Hue, Vietnam5Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia6Agriculture and Forestry University, Bharatpur, NepalDuring the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these achievements were often reached at large environmental costs, “greener” trajectories urgently need to be traced for Asia's agri-food systems. In this sense, agro-ecological and biodiversity-based (ABB) farming systems can provide sufficient food, lift resource-use efficiencies and lower fossil-fuel dependencies while safeguarding the environment. Here, we systematically assess past progress and prospects for biodiversity-based pest management -or biological control (BC)- in five Asian countries. We characterize the extent to which BC science has matured, translated into practice and attained “real-world” outcomes within the prevailing farming systems of each country. To achieve this, we revert to the world-view of the eighteenth century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Doing so, we represent the extent to which BC science has progressed along a six-step “impact pathway” –from a description of on-farm biodiversity, over ecosystem service delivery to verifiable socio-economic outcomes. Our work pinpoints ways to strategize ABB science for an accelerated, evidence-based uptake by end-users within local agri-food systems. By entwining our Humboldtian “nature-culture” perspective with farmer-scientist co-innovation, bolstered awareness-raising and supportive policies, ABB farming transitions could be initiated that are prone to deliver concrete, desirable agro-ecological outcomes at local and regional scales.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00140/fullagroecologybiodiversitybiological controlparadigm shiftholistic perspective |
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Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Mauricio González-Chang Evie Adriani Annabelle B. Albaytar Alice Albertini Gonzalo Avila Marie Joy B. Beltran Ariel D. Boreros Muhammad Z. Fanani Duc T. Nguyen Giang Nguyen Ihsan Nurkomar Sundar Tiwari Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems agroecology biodiversity biological control paradigm shift holistic perspective |
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Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Kris A. G. Wyckhuys Mauricio González-Chang Evie Adriani Annabelle B. Albaytar Alice Albertini Gonzalo Avila Marie Joy B. Beltran Ariel D. Boreros Muhammad Z. Fanani Duc T. Nguyen Giang Nguyen Ihsan Nurkomar Sundar Tiwari |
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Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective |
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Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective |
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Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective |
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Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective |
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Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A Humboldtian Perspective |
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delivering on the promise of biological control in asia's food systems: a humboldtian perspective |
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During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these achievements were often reached at large environmental costs, “greener” trajectories urgently need to be traced for Asia's agri-food systems. In this sense, agro-ecological and biodiversity-based (ABB) farming systems can provide sufficient food, lift resource-use efficiencies and lower fossil-fuel dependencies while safeguarding the environment. Here, we systematically assess past progress and prospects for biodiversity-based pest management -or biological control (BC)- in five Asian countries. We characterize the extent to which BC science has matured, translated into practice and attained “real-world” outcomes within the prevailing farming systems of each country. To achieve this, we revert to the world-view of the eighteenth century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Doing so, we represent the extent to which BC science has progressed along a six-step “impact pathway” –from a description of on-farm biodiversity, over ecosystem service delivery to verifiable socio-economic outcomes. Our work pinpoints ways to strategize ABB science for an accelerated, evidence-based uptake by end-users within local agri-food systems. By entwining our Humboldtian “nature-culture” perspective with farmer-scientist co-innovation, bolstered awareness-raising and supportive policies, ABB farming transitions could be initiated that are prone to deliver concrete, desirable agro-ecological outcomes at local and regional scales. |
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