Diversified farming systems have been promoted as a pathway to more sustainable agricultural production. Yet widescale … that monocultures are key to making farming profitable. Here, a global meta-analysis of 2436 comparisons from 100 peer …-reviewed articles provides evidence that diversified farming systems are at least as profitable as simplified farming systems. We find …

diversification, while the feedback effect of diversification on GDP per capita may be delayed. This pattern fits into theoretical … rationales that view diversification as driven by technology or efficiency and where diversification generates additional …