Research Headlines - Studying habitats to support sustainable farming

[Source: Research & Innovation] Nature provides benefits worth billions of euros a year to EU agriculture - such as pest control by insect predators. An EU-funded project has improved knowledge of the habitats that foster these so-called ecological services, helping to support an increase in sustainable farming and food security.

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