Abstract The adoption of agro-ecological practices in agricultural systems worldwide can contribute to increased food production without compromising future food security, especially under the current biodiversity loss and climate change scenarios. Despite the increase in publications on agro-ecological research and practices during the last 35 years, a weak link between that knowledge and changed farmer practices has led to few examples of agro-ecological protocols and effective delivery systems to agriculturalists. In an attempt to reduce this gap, we synthesised the main concepts related to biodiversity and its functions by creating a web-based interactive spiral ( www.biodiversityfunction.com ). This tool explains and describes a pathway for achieving agro-ecological outcomes, starting from the basic principle of biodiversity and its functions to enhanced biodiversity on farms. Within this pathway, 11 key steps are identified and sequentially presented on a web platform through which key players (farmers, farmer networks, policy makers, scientists and other stakeholders) can navigate and learn. Because in many areas of the world the necessary knowledge needed for achieving the adoption of particular agro-ecological techniques is not available, the spiral approach can provide the necessary conceptual steps needed for obtaining and understanding such knowledge by navigating through the interactive pathway. This novel approach aims to improve our understanding of the sequence from the concept of biodiversity to harnessing its power to improve prospects for ‘sustainable intensification’ of agricultural systems worldwide.

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了解从生物多样性到农业生态成果的途径：一种新的互动方法

摘要 在全球农业系统中采用农业生态实践有助于增加粮食产量，同时不影响未来的粮食安全，尤其是在当前生物多样性丧失和气候变化的情况下。尽管在过去 35 年中关于农业生态研究和实践的出版物有所增加，但这些知识与改变的农民实践之间的薄弱联系导致很少有农业生态协议和有效的向农学家提供系统的例子。为了缩小这种差距，我们通过创建一个基于网络的交互式螺旋 (www.biodiversityfunction.com) 综合了与生物多样性及其功能相关的主要概念。该工具解释并描述了实现农业生态成果的途径，从生物多样性的基本原则及其功能出发，以增强农场的生物多样性。在这个途径中，确定了 11 个关键步骤，并在网络平台上按顺序呈现，主要参与者（农民、农民网络、政策制定者、科学家和其他利益相关者）可以通过该平台导航和学习。因为在世界上的许多地区，无法获得采用特定农业生态技术所需的必要知识，螺旋方法可以通过交互途径提供获取和理解此类知识所需的必要概念步骤。这种新颖的方法旨在提高我们对从生物多样性概念到利用其力量改善全球农业系统“可持续集约化”前景的序列的理解。