Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming

Autores
García Velázquez, Laura; Sánchez Cueto, Pablo; Lladó, Salvador; Gozalo, Beatriz; Ochoa, Victoria; Bongiorno, Giulia; Clocchiatti, Anna; Barral, Maria Paula; Stathopoulos, Nikolaos; Zoka, Melpomeni; Jeanbille, Mathilde; Hartmann, Martin; de Goede, Ron; Philippot, Laurent; Alsina, Ina; Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise; Dubova, Laila; García Orenes, Fuensanta; Hestbjerg, Helle; Johnson, Daniel; Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel; Schmidt, Katja; Sirimarco, Marina Ximena; Tangkoonboribun, Rochana; Van De Sande, Tomas; Zoltan, Toth; Yacoub, Cristina; Ryan, Kerry; Pennanen, Taina; Kontoes, Charalampos; Soliveres, Santiago
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Agricultural intensification increases crop production but often causes declines in soil biodiversity and functioning, thus threatening long-term environmental sustainability. To buffer these impacts, environmental policies aim to increase the amount of organic farming; however, this potentially compromises yield and nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Given such complexities, we evaluated the overall impacts of shifting agricultural management by comparing the effects of conventional versus organic farming on soil biodiversity (richness of 6 faunal and microbial groups), functioning (21 indicators) and crop yield on 179 global croplands across a wide range of ecological contexts, including contrasting levels of soil degradation. High crop yields did not necessarily trade off against soil biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality or nitrogen availability, with often positive correlations found between them. Yield, biodiversity and functioning variables showed a broad range of values within and between conventional and organic sites. Despite this large variation, we found that landscapes with 50% organic agriculture could optimize crop yields, biodiversity and multifunctionality. Our findings provide guidelines for sustainable agriculture, showing how prioritizing the transition to organic farming in moderately to highly degraded soils would maximize its benefits while minimizing yield loss.
EEA Balcarce
Fil: García Velázquez, Laura. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; España
Fil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. University of Barcelona. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences; España
Fil: Lladó, Salvador. University of Barcelona. Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics; España
Fil: Gozalo, Beatriz. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; España
Fil: Ochoa, Victoria. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España
Fil: Bongiorno, Giulia. Wageningen University and Research. Soil Biology Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Clocchiatti, Anna. University of Amsterdam. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Barral, María Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Stathopoulos, Nikolaos. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Zoka, Melpomeni. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Jeanbille, Mathilde. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; Francia
Fil: Hartmann, Martin. Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Suiza
Fil: de Goede, Ron. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos
Fil: Philippot, Laurent. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; Francia
Fil: Alsina, Ina. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; Letonia
Fil: Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise. University of Yaoundé. Faculty of Science; Camerún
Fil: Dubova, Laila. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; Letonia
Fil: García Orenes, Fuensanta. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche. Department of Agrochemistry and Environment; España
Fil: Hestbjerg, Helle. Danish Technological Institute; Dinamarca
Fil: Johnson, Daniel. Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development; Alemania
Fil: Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche; España
Fil: Schmidt, Katja. University of Potsdam; Alemania
Fil: Sirimarco, Ximena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Tangkoonboribun, Rochana. Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Amphoe Khlong Luang; Tailandia
Fil: Van De Sande, Tomas. Inagro; Bélgica
Fil: Zoltan, Toth. Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Agronomy; Hungría
Fil: Yacoub, Cristina. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Ryan, Kerry. Environment, Soils and Land Use; Irlanda
Fil: Pennanen, Taina. Natural Resources Institute Finland; Finlandia
Fil: Kontoes, Charalampos. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies ‘Ramón Margalef; España
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. University of Barcelona; España
Fuente
Nature Sustainability 9 (5) : 682–691 (May 2026)
Materia
Agricultura Orgánica
Conversión a la Agricultura Orgánica
Biodiversidad
Rendimiento de Cultivos
Agricultura Sostenible
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Organic Agriculture
Conversion to Organic Agriculture
Biodiversity
Crop Yield
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso restringido
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spelling Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farmingGarcía Velázquez, LauraSánchez Cueto, PabloLladó, SalvadorGozalo, BeatrizOchoa, VictoriaBongiorno, GiuliaClocchiatti, AnnaBarral, Maria PaulaStathopoulos, NikolaosZoka, MelpomeniJeanbille, MathildeHartmann, Martinde Goede, RonPhilippot, LaurentAlsina, InaDongmo Lekagne, Joseph BlaiseDubova, LailaGarcía Orenes, FuensantaHestbjerg, HelleJohnson, DanielOlivares Martínez, Luis DanielSchmidt, KatjaSirimarco, Marina XimenaTangkoonboribun, RochanaVan De Sande, TomasZoltan, TothYacoub, CristinaRyan, KerryPennanen, TainaKontoes, CharalamposSoliveres, SantiagoAgricultura OrgánicaConversión a la Agricultura OrgánicaBiodiversidadRendimiento de CultivosAgricultura SostenibleServicios de los EcosistemasOrganic AgricultureConversion to Organic AgricultureBiodiversityCrop YieldSustainable AgricultureEcosystem ServicesAgricultural intensification increases crop production but often causes declines in soil biodiversity and functioning, thus threatening long-term environmental sustainability. To buffer these impacts, environmental policies aim to increase the amount of organic farming; however, this potentially compromises yield and nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Given such complexities, we evaluated the overall impacts of shifting agricultural management by comparing the effects of conventional versus organic farming on soil biodiversity (richness of 6 faunal and microbial groups), functioning (21 indicators) and crop yield on 179 global croplands across a wide range of ecological contexts, including contrasting levels of soil degradation. High crop yields did not necessarily trade off against soil biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality or nitrogen availability, with often positive correlations found between them. Yield, biodiversity and functioning variables showed a broad range of values within and between conventional and organic sites. Despite this large variation, we found that landscapes with 50% organic agriculture could optimize crop yields, biodiversity and multifunctionality. Our findings provide guidelines for sustainable agriculture, showing how prioritizing the transition to organic farming in moderately to highly degraded soils would maximize its benefits while minimizing yield loss.EEA BalcarceFil: García Velázquez, Laura. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; EspañaFil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. LEITAT Technological Center; EspañaFil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. University of Barcelona. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences; EspañaFil: Lladó, Salvador. University of Barcelona. Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics; EspañaFil: Gozalo, Beatriz. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; EspañaFil: Ochoa, Victoria. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; EspañaFil: Bongiorno, Giulia. Wageningen University and Research. Soil Biology Group; Países BajosFil: Clocchiatti, Anna. University of Amsterdam. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam; Países BajosFil: Barral, María Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; ArgentinaFil: Stathopoulos, Nikolaos. National Observatory of Athens; GreciaFil: Zoka, Melpomeni. National Observatory of Athens; GreciaFil: Jeanbille, Mathilde. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; FranciaFil: Hartmann, Martin. Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences; SuizaFil: de Goede, Ron. Wageningen University and Research; Países BajosFil: Philippot, Laurent. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; FranciaFil: Alsina, Ina. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; LetoniaFil: Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise. University of Yaoundé. Faculty of Science; CamerúnFil: Dubova, Laila. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; LetoniaFil: García Orenes, Fuensanta. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche. Department of Agrochemistry and Environment; EspañaFil: Hestbjerg, Helle. Danish Technological Institute; DinamarcaFil: Johnson, Daniel. Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development; AlemaniaFil: Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche; EspañaFil: Schmidt, Katja. University of Potsdam; AlemaniaFil: Sirimarco, Ximena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; ArgentinaFil: Tangkoonboribun, Rochana. Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Amphoe Khlong Luang; TailandiaFil: Van De Sande, Tomas. Inagro; BélgicaFil: Zoltan, Toth. Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Agronomy; HungríaFil: Yacoub, Cristina. LEITAT Technological Center; EspañaFil: Ryan, Kerry. Environment, Soils and Land Use; IrlandaFil: Pennanen, Taina. Natural Resources Institute Finland; FinlandiaFil: Kontoes, Charalampos. National Observatory of Athens; GreciaFil: Soliveres, Santiago. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies ‘Ramón Margalef; EspañaFil: Soliveres, Santiago. LEITAT Technological Center; EspañaFil: Soliveres, Santiago. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
title Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
spellingShingle Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
García Velázquez, Laura
Agricultura Orgánica
Conversión a la Agricultura Orgánica
Biodiversidad
Rendimiento de Cultivos
Agricultura Sostenible
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Organic Agriculture
Conversion to Organic Agriculture
Biodiversity
Crop Yield
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
title_short Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
title_full Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
title_fullStr Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
title_sort Optimizing biodiversity, multifunctionality and yield when transitioning to organic farming
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Velázquez, Laura
Sánchez Cueto, Pablo
Lladó, Salvador
Gozalo, Beatriz
Ochoa, Victoria
Bongiorno, Giulia
Clocchiatti, Anna
Barral, Maria Paula
Stathopoulos, Nikolaos
Zoka, Melpomeni
Jeanbille, Mathilde
Hartmann, Martin
de Goede, Ron
Philippot, Laurent
Alsina, Ina
Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise
Dubova, Laila
García Orenes, Fuensanta
Hestbjerg, Helle
Johnson, Daniel
Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel
Schmidt, Katja
Sirimarco, Marina Ximena
Tangkoonboribun, Rochana
Van De Sande, Tomas
Zoltan, Toth
Yacoub, Cristina
Ryan, Kerry
Pennanen, Taina
Kontoes, Charalampos
Soliveres, Santiago
author García Velázquez, Laura
author_facet García Velázquez, Laura
Sánchez Cueto, Pablo
Lladó, Salvador
Gozalo, Beatriz
Ochoa, Victoria
Bongiorno, Giulia
Clocchiatti, Anna
Barral, Maria Paula
Stathopoulos, Nikolaos
Zoka, Melpomeni
Jeanbille, Mathilde
Hartmann, Martin
de Goede, Ron
Philippot, Laurent
Alsina, Ina
Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise
Dubova, Laila
García Orenes, Fuensanta
Hestbjerg, Helle
Johnson, Daniel
Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel
Schmidt, Katja
Sirimarco, Marina Ximena
Tangkoonboribun, Rochana
Van De Sande, Tomas
Zoltan, Toth
Yacoub, Cristina
Ryan, Kerry
Pennanen, Taina
Kontoes, Charalampos
Soliveres, Santiago
author_role author
author2 Sánchez Cueto, Pablo
Lladó, Salvador
Gozalo, Beatriz
Ochoa, Victoria
Bongiorno, Giulia
Clocchiatti, Anna
Barral, Maria Paula
Stathopoulos, Nikolaos
Zoka, Melpomeni
Jeanbille, Mathilde
Hartmann, Martin
de Goede, Ron
Philippot, Laurent
Alsina, Ina
Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise
Dubova, Laila
García Orenes, Fuensanta
Hestbjerg, Helle
Johnson, Daniel
Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel
Schmidt, Katja
Sirimarco, Marina Ximena
Tangkoonboribun, Rochana
Van De Sande, Tomas
Zoltan, Toth
Yacoub, Cristina
Ryan, Kerry
Pennanen, Taina
Kontoes, Charalampos
Soliveres, Santiago
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agricultura Orgánica
Conversión a la Agricultura Orgánica
Biodiversidad
Rendimiento de Cultivos
Agricultura Sostenible
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Organic Agriculture
Conversion to Organic Agriculture
Biodiversity
Crop Yield
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
topic Agricultura Orgánica
Conversión a la Agricultura Orgánica
Biodiversidad
Rendimiento de Cultivos
Agricultura Sostenible
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Organic Agriculture
Conversion to Organic Agriculture
Biodiversity
Crop Yield
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Agricultural intensification increases crop production but often causes declines in soil biodiversity and functioning, thus threatening long-term environmental sustainability. To buffer these impacts, environmental policies aim to increase the amount of organic farming; however, this potentially compromises yield and nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Given such complexities, we evaluated the overall impacts of shifting agricultural management by comparing the effects of conventional versus organic farming on soil biodiversity (richness of 6 faunal and microbial groups), functioning (21 indicators) and crop yield on 179 global croplands across a wide range of ecological contexts, including contrasting levels of soil degradation. High crop yields did not necessarily trade off against soil biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality or nitrogen availability, with often positive correlations found between them. Yield, biodiversity and functioning variables showed a broad range of values within and between conventional and organic sites. Despite this large variation, we found that landscapes with 50% organic agriculture could optimize crop yields, biodiversity and multifunctionality. Our findings provide guidelines for sustainable agriculture, showing how prioritizing the transition to organic farming in moderately to highly degraded soils would maximize its benefits while minimizing yield loss.
EEA Balcarce
Fil: García Velázquez, Laura. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; España
Fil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Sánchez Cueto, Pablo. University of Barcelona. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences; España
Fil: Lladó, Salvador. University of Barcelona. Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics; España
Fil: Gozalo, Beatriz. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies; España
Fil: Ochoa, Victoria. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias; España
Fil: Bongiorno, Giulia. Wageningen University and Research. Soil Biology Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Clocchiatti, Anna. University of Amsterdam. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Barral, María Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Stathopoulos, Nikolaos. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Zoka, Melpomeni. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Jeanbille, Mathilde. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; Francia
Fil: Hartmann, Martin. Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Suiza
Fil: de Goede, Ron. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos
Fil: Philippot, Laurent. Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Agroecologie, Dijon; Francia
Fil: Alsina, Ina. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; Letonia
Fil: Dongmo Lekagne, Joseph Blaise. University of Yaoundé. Faculty of Science; Camerún
Fil: Dubova, Laila. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Institute of Plant and Soil Sciences; Letonia
Fil: García Orenes, Fuensanta. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche. Department of Agrochemistry and Environment; España
Fil: Hestbjerg, Helle. Danish Technological Institute; Dinamarca
Fil: Johnson, Daniel. Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development; Alemania
Fil: Olivares Martínez, Luis Daniel. University Miguel Hernandez of Elche; España
Fil: Schmidt, Katja. University of Potsdam; Alemania
Fil: Sirimarco, Ximena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Tangkoonboribun, Rochana. Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Amphoe Khlong Luang; Tailandia
Fil: Van De Sande, Tomas. Inagro; Bélgica
Fil: Zoltan, Toth. Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Agronomy; Hungría
Fil: Yacoub, Cristina. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Ryan, Kerry. Environment, Soils and Land Use; Irlanda
Fil: Pennanen, Taina. Natural Resources Institute Finland; Finlandia
Fil: Kontoes, Charalampos. National Observatory of Athens; Grecia
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. University of Alicante. Multidisciplinar Institute for Environmental Studies ‘Ramón Margalef; España
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. LEITAT Technological Center; España
Fil: Soliveres, Santiago. University of Barcelona; España
description Agricultural intensification increases crop production but often causes declines in soil biodiversity and functioning, thus threatening long-term environmental sustainability. To buffer these impacts, environmental policies aim to increase the amount of organic farming; however, this potentially compromises yield and nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Given such complexities, we evaluated the overall impacts of shifting agricultural management by comparing the effects of conventional versus organic farming on soil biodiversity (richness of 6 faunal and microbial groups), functioning (21 indicators) and crop yield on 179 global croplands across a wide range of ecological contexts, including contrasting levels of soil degradation. High crop yields did not necessarily trade off against soil biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality or nitrogen availability, with often positive correlations found between them. Yield, biodiversity and functioning variables showed a broad range of values within and between conventional and organic sites. Despite this large variation, we found that landscapes with 50% organic agriculture could optimize crop yields, biodiversity and multifunctionality. Our findings provide guidelines for sustainable agriculture, showing how prioritizing the transition to organic farming in moderately to highly degraded soils would maximize its benefits while minimizing yield loss.
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