Cultivating biodiversity to transform agriculture/ edited by Etienne Hainzelin

ForewordIntroductionEtienne Hainzelin1. Biodiversity has always been at the heart of agricultural activity2. The challenges of agricultural transformation3. Intensifying ecological processes to transform agricultural performance4. Agrobiodiversity, the main lever of this ecological intensification5. Ecological intensification, a strategic priority for CIRAD6. A book with six viewpoints7. Bibliographical referencesChapter 1The diversity of living organisms: the engine for ecological functioningEtienne Hainzelin and Christine Nouaille1. Diversity and unity of living organisms: the successive revolutions of the biological sciences2. A history closely linked to man's3. Documented risks of erosion of agrobiodiversity4. Why `cultivate' biodiversity?5. What is the best way of understanding the extraordinary complexity of living organisms and agroecosystems?6. Agrobiodiversity: a development issue?7. Conclusion8. Bibliographical referencesChapter 2From artificialization to the ecologization of cropping systemsFlorent Maraux, Eric Malezieux and Christian Gary1. The impasses in the artificialization of cropping systems2. Opportunities and limitations of cropping systems that promote biodiversity3. Towards new `ecologically innovative' cropping systems4. Conclusion5. Bibliographical referencesChapter 3Rethinking plant breedingNourollah Ahmadi, Benoit Bertrand and Jean-Christophe Glaszmann1. Plant breeding: the past and the present2. Recent changes and developments3. The challenges of ecologically intensive agriculture4. Mechanisms to help meet the challenges of ecological intensification5. Conclusion6. Bibliographical referencesChapter 4Ecological interactions within the biodiversity of cultivated systemsAlain Ratnadass, Eric Blanchart and Philippe Lecomte1. Biodiversity and pest control2. Hidden soil diversity: what potential for agriculture?3. Biodiversity and agriculture-livestock interactions4. Conclusion5. Bibliographical referencesChapter 5Conserving and cultivating agricultural genetic diversity: transcending established dividesSelim Louafi, Didier Bazile and Jean-Louis Noyer1. History of the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture2. International strategies and policies in favour of mobilizing genetic diversity3. Need for in situ conservation and complementarities with ex situ conservation4. Conclusion: hybridization or co-evolution of conservation models5. Bibliographical referencesChapter 6Towards biodiverse agricultural systems: reflecting on the technological, social and institutional changes at stakeEstelle Bienabe1. Co-evolution between technical dynamics and social dynamics: an analysis which starts upstream of agriculture2. Recent changes in agriculture and food systems: market dynamics and new directions3. Conclusion4. Bibliographical referencesList of authors