Agricultural diversification promotes sustainable and resilient global rice production

This dataset is for the paper "Agricultural diversification promotes sustainability and resilience in global rice production". Agricultural diversification is a powerful method to enhance ecosystem services, social benefits, and yields in major cropping systems globally. Rice is a staple food for half of the human population, but diversification effects on rice yields, economy, biodiversity, and ecosystem services have not been synthesized. Here, we combine a second-order meta-analysis based on 25 meta-analyses and three individual meta-analyses based on 39 research articles to close major research gaps to summarize all scientific knowledge on the effect of diversification practices on environmental and socio-economic aspects in global rice production. The dataset cover: 36 meta-analyses paper and 109 research papers for vote counting; 25 meta-analyses for second-order meta-analysis, 39 research papers for three individual meta-analyses