Identifying the landscape drivers of agricultural insecticide use leveraging evidence from 100,000 fields [Sustainability Science]

Agricultural landscape intensification has enabled food production to meet growing demand. However, there are concerns that more simplified cropland with lower crop diversity, less noncrop habitat, and larger fields results in increased use of pesticides due to a lack of natural pest control and more homogeneous crop resources. Here, we...

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