All posts tagged "Pollinator"

World Food Day on 16 October reminds us that 821 million people in the world are undernourished and that sustainable agriculture requires mainstreaming of biodiversity. Farmers across the world are facing difficult times. Unpredictable weather patterns make it difficult to know exactly when to plant and when to harvest crops. Big commercial...

The opportunity to produce bountiful levels of vital food crops such as apples, tomatoes and watermelons could...

Plants produce volatiles, air-borne organic chemical compounds, to attract pollinators and seed dispersers, and to repulse plant-eating...

Farmers Scott and Susan Hill in front of their pollinator garden. “We had an agricultural specialist visit...