Temporal crop diversity stabilizes agricultural production

Securing food supplies around the globe is a challenge facing humanity, especially in light of the predicted increase in the world's population and the effects of climate change. Greater crop diversity in agriculture is seen as a stabilizing factor for food security. Yet crop diversity alone is not sufficient. Researchers now argue that it is also essential that crops differ in their temporal production patterns.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209140346.htm