Cash crop farming in the Himalayas: the importance of pollinator management and managed pollination
The focus of agriculture in the Himalayan region is slowly shifting from traditional cereal crops to high-value cash crops farming such as fruits and vegetables. This transformation from subsistence systems to commercial agriculture poses new challenges for improving and maintaining productivity and quality. Among these challenges are crop failures due to inadequate pollination. This is caused by several factors, the most important of which include the lack of adequate number of pollinators as a result of decline in pollinator populations and diversity due to several factors such as decline in wilderness and loss of habitat, land use changes, monoculture-dominated agriculture and excessive and indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals and pesticides. Consequently, the need for ensuring pollination particularly through conserving pollinators and incorporating managed crop pollination has increased and will increase further. This calls for a more intensive focus on the issue from the perspective of policy, research, development and extension. Policy reorientation, improving institutional capabilities and human resources development are the key areas needing attention.
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Rome (Italy) FAO
2003
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| Subjects: | Cash crops, Farming systems, Fruit growing, Pollination, Pollinators, Productivity, Mountain farming, Biodiversity, Honey bees, Case studies, China, India, Agriculture de montagne, Biodiversité, Abeille domestique, Étude de cas, Chine, Inde, Culture de rapport, Système d'exploitation agricole, Culture fruitière, Pollinisation, Pollinisateur, Productivité, Agricultura de montaña, Biodiversidad, Abeja melifica, Estudios de casos prácticos, Cultivos comerciales, Sistemas de explotación, Fruticultura, Polinización, Polinizadores, Productividad, |
| Online Access: | http://www.fao.org/3/y4586e/y4586e11.htm#P0_0 |
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