Biodiversity: Why Is It So Important To Agriculture?
Submitted by Heather Howell on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 9:44am
Sustainable agriculture both promotes and is enhanced by biodiversity.
The Earth functions like an incredibly complex machine, and there don't appear to be any unnecessary parts. Each species -- from the lowliest microbe to humans -- plays a part in keeping the planet running smoothly. Each part is related. If a lot of those parts suddenly vanish, then the machine that is Earth can't function properly.
