European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity

Operation Pollinator

Category: Pollination
Country: Switzerland
Contact person:

Patrick Weiss
Project Manager Operation Pollinator
EAME Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture

Syngenta Crop Protection AG
WRO-1007.8.41, PO Box
CH-4002 Basel,

Switzerland

Office: +41 61 323 83 22
Mobile: +41 79 831 36 16
patrick.weiss@syngenta.com

Overview:

Instigated by Syngenta and based on scientific research and the experience of selected farmers, Operation Pollinator has proven to help growers successfully establish and manage pollen rich habitat in key locations around the farm – with dramatic recovery in the fortunes of pollinating insect populations.

Now, building on the success of Operation Bumblebee in the UK, Operation Pollinator is being developed on commercial farms across Europe, with projects running concurrently in France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK.

Operation Pollinator Website: www.operationpollinator.com

Aims:

Operation Pollinator aims to provide the essential habitat to boost numbers of crucially important pollinating insects on farmland, to:

Protect and enhance overall biodiversity
Improve crop yields and quality
Secure a sustainable farming and environmental balance

Partners:

Outputs:

Using established techniques, new habitats tailored to local conditions and pollinating insects can be successfully established and managed.

Habitat creation for pollinators has been proven by independent monitoring to increase bumblebee numbers by up to 600%, butterfly numbers up 12 fold and other insects more than 10 fold within three years.

Increasing numbers of natural pollinators has been shown to increase yields and quality of some key European farm crops.

Operation Pollinator is a powerful message to create a positive public perception for the farming industry. It importantly demonstrates that commercial farming and positive environmental management can coexist.

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