Maintenance of Food Production
A wide range of biologically diverse populations in natural ecosystems and in near agricultural ecosystems maintain essential ecological functions which are necessary for the production of food. For example, nutrient cycling, decomposition of organic matter, crusted or degraded soil rehabilitation, pest and disease regulation, maintaining water quality, and pollination. Maintaining this diversity of species and building on and enhancing ecosystem functions reduces external input requirements by increased nutrient availability, improved water use and soil structure, and natural control of pests.
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