Network science: Applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.001
• Publication Date: 2022-04-30T12:04:41Z
• Authors: Fredric M. Windsor; Dolors Armenteras; Ana Paula A. Assis; Julia Astegiano; Pamela C. Santana; Luciano Cagnolo; Luísa G. Carvalheiro; Clive Emary; Hugo Fort; Xavier I. Gonzalez; James J.N. Kitson; Ana C.F. Lacerda; Marcelo Lois; Viviana Márquez-V...; Kirsten E. Miller; Marcos Monasterolo; Marina Omacini; Kate P. Maia; Tania Paula Palacios; Michael J.O. Pocock; Santiago L. Poggio; Isabela G. Varassin; Diego P. Vázquez; Julia Tavella; Débora C. Rother; Mariano Devoto; Paulo R. Guimarães; Darren M. Evans
• Keywords: Resilience; Ecological network; Agricultural biodiversity; Agroecosystem

The global challenge of feeding two billion more people by 2050, using sustainable agricultural practices whilst dealing with uncertainties associated environmental change, requires a transformation food systems. We present new perspective for how advances in network science can provide novel ways to better understand, harness, and restore multiple ecological processes environments. describe: (i) network-focused framework managing agro-ecosystems that accounts the interactions between biodiversity ecosystem services; (ii) guidance incorporating socio-economic factors into networks; (iii) potential upscale methods inform efforts build resilience, including food-supply chains. In doing so we aim facilitate application as systems-based way tackle challenges securing an equitable distribution food.