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• TITLE: Finding Food Security through Changing the Agricultural Model to Sustain Insect Biodiversity

  AUTHORS: Astrid Jankielsohn

  KEYWORDS: Food Security, Agricultural Model, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Ecological Intensification, Insects, Ecosystem Functioning, Human Population Increase

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Entomology, Vol.9 No.3, July 16, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Worldwide biodiversity is being threatened by human activities to a greater level wherein the natural ecosystems are reaching the verge of collapsing. We are faced with four major interrelated challenges namely a changing climate, biodiversity loss, human population growth and food production for this growing population. Agricultural intensification contributes significantly to biodiversity loss. The agricultural model for our current food production systems is mainly based on the Green Revolution, which promoted the cultivation of crops in extensive monoculture fields and intensified external inputs of agrochemicals. This model resulted in biodiversity loss, particularly in insect populations. A model based on ecological intensification as an alternative to agricultural intensification with minimized use of agro-inputs may slow the rate of biodiversity loss resulting in more sustainable agricultural ecosystems.