LIFE 4 POLLINATORS Online Tool

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Chapter: PROTECTION OF POLLINATORS IN AGRICULTURE

Coupled with pest control, water and fertilizer management, pollination is a key element in agriculture. Since many fruits and vegetables require insect pollination to produce, many agricultural practices must be used with pollination strategies cooperatively. This chapter offers guidelines and a code of conduct for farmers to help conserving pollinators and enhance pollination service on their farms.

Deatailed information on protection of pollinators in agriculture:

Handbook for farmers

Code of conduct for rarmers

Chapter: PROTECTION OF POLLINATORS IN AGRICULTURE - Quiz

Test your knowledge on protection of pollinators in agriculture.

1. Which of the listed is not an ecological infrastructure?
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1 point

Living mulch

Cover crops

Green houses

Buffer zones

2. True or false? *

7 points

TRUE

FALSE

Hedgerows are borders consisting of shrubs and trees

Hedgerows encourage soil erosion

Wildflower strips consist of flowering plants which increases food availability for pollinators and natural pest predators.

Wildflower strips do not benefit the crops

Cover crops reduce soil erosion

Cover crops can improve pest management

Semi-natural habitats can act as buffer areas

3. How can farmers help to increase availability of foraging habitat?
(Choose all the correct answers)
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3 points

By planting wildflower strips at field edges

By intercropping

By sowing cover crops

Farmers do not have the power to increase availability of foraging habitat

Required

4. Is tolerating weeds on field margins useful to pollinators?
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1 point

Yes, because it increases availability of foraging habitat

No, because weeds should be eliminated

5. Why should habitats provide an unbroken supply of pollen and nectar from March to September? *

1 point

Because people enjoy flowers all season long

Because this is the main season of pollinator activity

To make beautiful bouquets

6. Could spraying pesticides near the wildflower strip hurt pollinators? *

1 point

Yes, because it turns it into a deadly trap

No, if spraying is not direct, it does not harm pollinators

7. Could bare ground in dry sunny places in any way help pollinators? *

1 point

Yes, because it can create nesting or hibernating sites

No, because no flowers grow there and as such is not beneficial for pollinators

8. True or false? *

5 points

TRUE

FALSE

The only managed species of pollinators are honeybees

Bumblebees and mason bees are comercially available pollinator species

Farmers can play a key role in pollinator conservation.

Alternative for pesticide use does not exist

The purpose of Code of Conduct is the implementation of agricultural practices and measures that benefit pollinators.

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