Farmers' knowledge of bees and their natural history in Kakamega district, Kenya

Kasina, Muo; Kraemer, Manfred; Martius, Christopher; Wittmann, Dieter

doi:10.3896/ibra.1.48.2.07

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“…In both project areas, higher yields and incomes were the farmers' criteria in assessing the approach as beneficial. The readiness to support pollinators based on this incentive highly exceeds the willingness of around 50% of farmers based on information as estimated by Kasina et al (2009) and the ex ante assessment in Avlod. Nevertheless, the experience of Avlod supports the recommendation (Kasina et al 2009) to involve the educational sector in pollinator protection.…”

Section: Insight Into Farmers' Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The pollination crisis is a consequence of human actions, short-term priorities, and decisions, but social science rarely contributes to the analysis of this global problem and to the development of problem-solving approaches. Little is known about villagers' and farmers' knowledge about wild pollinators, their habitat requirements, the value of pollination services, and potential yield gains by enhanced pollination (Hanes et al 2013;Kasina et al 2009;McCracken 2015;Munyuli 2011). According to these case studies, pollination is mostly regarded as a free service.…”

Section: Pollinator Protection Focusing On Farmers As Target Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some authors recommend provision of information on the importance of pollinator protection to farmers and local people (Hanes et al 2013;Kasina et al 2009;McCracken et al 2015;Munyuli 2011). The majority of publications promote wildflower strips to be seeded by farmers for pollinator protection purposes.…”

Section: Pollinator Protection Focusing On Farmers As Target Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Farming with alternative pollinators increases yields and incomes of cucumber and sour cherry

Christmann¹,

Aw‐Hassan²,

Rajabov

et al. 2017

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Pollinator decline is acknowledged worldwide and constitutes a major subject of environmental research. Nevertheless, farmers' efforts to protect pollinators in agricultural lands remain very limited, in particular if no compensation scheme is applicable. Current research focuses on measuring pollinator diversity in different landscapes, but research on income gains, due to habitat enhancement and high pollinator diversity, may have greater potential to induce farmers' field management changes. In 2012, it was suggested for the first time that farmers' motivation would be triggered if the demonstration was made that enhancing pollinator habitats, with a novel approach of farming with alternative pollinators, can increase yield and income. In 2013-2014, therefore, a 18month-pilot project was set on a participatory basis in Uzbekistan, to test this farming with alternative pollinators approach on field and orchard crops. The practicability and the potential of the approach were tested in collaboration with seven smallholders, two commercial farmers, and two schools. We analyzed the yield and insect diversity (pollinators, predators, and pests) of seven cucumber fields in the Parkent district and four orchards of sour cherry in the Boysun district in Uzbekistan. Here we show that the fields with enhanced habitats faced higher diversity of pollinators and predators, but less pests than control fields. Furthermore, the farming with alternative pollinators approach doubled the yield of sour cherry in 2014 and highly increased the income from cucumber in 2013. In 2014, however, a climatic disaster influenced the results on cucumber in Parkent district. Ultimately, 94% of the farmers were willing to enhance pollinator habitats after being informed of these higher-yield figures. If more projects confirm that farming with alternative pollinators creates an economically self-sustaining incentive for farmers to improve habitats, this approach could contribute considerably to global pollinator protection and food security.

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Section: Insight Into Farmers' Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Pollinator Protection Focusing On Farmers As Target Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Pollinator Protection Focusing On Farmers As Target Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Farming with alternative pollinators increases yields and incomes of cucumber and sour cherry

Christmann¹,

Aw‐Hassan²,

Rajabov

et al. 2017

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…While there is a growing literature on the economics of pollination 12,18 , there are few studies of factors affecting growers' pollination strategies [19][20][21][22] . An extensive literature on adoption of agricultural crops, technologies and techniques shows the importance of factors such as values, attitudes and perceptions [23][24][25] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grower perceptions of native pollinators and pollination strategies in the lowbush blueberry industry

Hanes

Collum

Hoshide

et al. 2013

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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Pollinator declines and dependence on insect pollination, particularly in fruit and vegetable crops, creates a pressing need to understand growers' interactions with pollinators and factors affecting pollination strategies. At present, many growers are dependent on commercial honey bees (Apis mellifera), but diversified strategies may be necessary to secure adequate crop pollination in the future. As of yet, little social science research exists on pollination practices. This article presents the results of a survey of lowbush blueberry growers in Maine. The survey was part of a five-year pollination security study focusing on four fruit and vegetables crops in the Northeast US. The survey assesses grower perceptions of native pollinators' effectiveness and their perceptions of native pollinators' contribution to fruit set. Results indicate a widespread perception among growers of native pollinators' importance. While native pollinators are not effective enough to replace rented honey bees for three-quarters of the industry, they are broadly seen as an important form of insurance in poor weather when honey bees' effectiveness is reduced. The main obstacle to greater utilization of native pollinators found in this study was uncertainty over native pollinators' contribution to yield and the associated difficulty monitoring native pollinators' population size. Scientists and extension experts must work to reduce these obstacles before more widespread use of native pollinators will occur.

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“…This is reflected in the fact that there remain few examples whereby the economic benefits of wild pollinators result in farmers implementing pollinator conservation without state subsidies (Ghazoul, 2007;Sagoff, 2011). While this disconnection may signal the need for increased farmer education (Kasina et al, 2009b;Munyuli, 2011), it may also reveal the ways in which we lack the framework through which to understand the existing interactions among biophysical pollinator resources, farming operations and society. In lowbush blueberry production in northeast North America, the crop we are most familiar with, growers appear to maximize their profit without engaging in meaningful rehabilitation of pollinator habitat.…”

Section: Why Do We Value Pollinator Valuations?mentioning

confidence: 94%

Where is the value in valuing pollination ecosystem services to agriculture?

Melathopoulos

Cutler

Tyedmers

2015

Ecological Economics

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Farmers' knowledge of bees and their natural history in Kakamega district, Kenya

Cited by 40 publications

References 8 publications

Farming with alternative pollinators increases yields and incomes of cucumber and sour cherry

Farming with alternative pollinators increases yields and incomes of cucumber and sour cherry

Grower perceptions of native pollinators and pollination strategies in the lowbush blueberry industry

Where is the value in valuing pollination ecosystem services to agriculture?

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