Strategies to diversify farming systems by managing multiple species, incorporating areas of noncrop vegetation, or conserving soil or water have been posed as ways of countering the negative environmental effects of simplified agriculture. This paper from SNAPP’s Sustainable Cattle Ranching working group finds that implementing livestock diversification or soil conservation benefits social and environmental outcomes, especially for biodiversity.
Have a research question at the intersection of science, nature, and people, that you think could benefit from an interdisciplinary working group? Later this year SNAPP will be opening its 2025 call for proposals for new working groups! The call is set to run from September to December 2025. Interested in learning more? Check out some our our previous working groups here.