Farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services across tropical rural urban landscapes Driven by the unprecedented growth of human populations cities all over the globe are expanding. Especially Asia and Africa are hotspots of current and future urbanization. As cities grow they extend in area sprawling into surrounding rural landscapes creating a mosaic of urban developments and agricultural land uses. At the same time small scale urban agriculture within city limits becomes increasingly popular. Given the alleged negative environmental impacts of urbanization the question arises whether and how sustainable agriculture can be maintained in an increasingly urbanized wor...