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Incentives for Ecosystem Services in Agriculture (IES)

Year of publication 2014

Pages 8p.

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The project aims to raise awareness and establish a basis for informed decision-making by public and private actors to support ecosystem services and contribute to long-term food security and sustainable agriculture development. Ecosystem services in agriculture are the benefits society gets from the environment thanks to farmers interventions. Nutritious food, clean water, healthy soils, pest and disease control and biodiversity are just a few examples of those benefits.

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