Profil des membres
M. Romano De Vivo
Organisation:
Syngenta
Pays:
Suisse
Domaine(s) de spécialisation
I am working on:
Opportunities for optimizing crop production per unit area, taking into consideration the range of sustainability aspects including potential and/ or real social, political, economic and environmental impacts.
In particular, field margins, and other rural landscape features, can make a significant contribution to the restoration of landscape connectivity and the achievement of food security without compromising resource conservation. These land features are very important for pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies.
M. Romano De Vivo
The overwhelming majority of scientific opinion on pollinator health confirms that this is a complex issue.
Threats are multiple and include land-use change, intensive agricultural management and pesticide use, environmental pollution, invasive alien species, pathogens, and climate change.
Emerging and re-emerging deseases are a significant threat to the health of honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees expecially when managed commercially.
There is a need of moving towards more sustainable agricultural practices and reversing the semplification of agricultural landscapes.
The Assessment on Pollinator of Intergovernamental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) confirms both the complexity and the multifaceted nature of this issue.
The analysis of Le Conte (2010) is very clear to this regard; even the European Commission on the main causes of bee mortality, according to beekeepers, shows 13 different threats. Some of these threats are dealing with beeking practice (according to COLOSS hobby beekeepers report higher losses).
M. Romano De Vivo
Pollinators are essential for the production of many crop species (>70% of the major food crops).
Their diversity and abundance has declined in agricultural landscapes over recent years. The reason for this are complex, but the lack of floral resources in modern farmed landscapes is a key driver.
Creating habitat in marginal and less productive areas on farm, such as field margins, corners, and buffer zones addresses this problem by providing pollen, nectar and nesting places.
Planting rich habitat on uncropped areas alongside fields and waterways generate interconnected ecological corridors and creates multifunctional opportunities to contribute to a healthy and resilient landscape.