Can biodiversity actually protect farmers from macroeconomic shocks? According to our latest publication in the Journal of Agronomic Economics, the answer is a resounding yes. Led by the PA3 Transdisciplinary Research team, this study analyzed 400 regional cooperatives over a 10-year period. It found that farms utilizing complex crop rotation and maintaining at least 15% wild biodiversity margins suffered 40% less revenue volatility during bad weather events compared to monoculture counterparts.
Publication April 12, 2026
Publication: Resilience in Farming Networks
Our transdisciplinary team published a 40-page open-access paper detailing the correlation between biodiversity and economic stability in regional cooperatives.