The restoration of agricultural landscapes for ecosystem services such as pollination and biological pest control needs targeted management to increase structural complexity and heterogeneity. Small fields, diverse crops and at least one-fifth semi-natural areas would be in line with the UN Decade (2021-2030) on ecosystem restoration. Photo: Dr Tibor Härtel (right), Teja Tscharntke (left)
The restoration of agricultural landscapes for ecosystem services such as pollination and biological pest control needs targeted management to increase structural complexity and heterogeneity. Small fields, diverse crops and at least one-fifth semi-natural areas would be in line with the UN Decade (2021-2030) on ecosystem restoration. Photo: Dr Tibor Härtel ( right ), Teja Tscharntke ( left ) Agroecologist from the University of Göttingen emphasises their importance for food security of smallholder farmers The global decline of pollinators threatens the reproductive success of 90 per cent of all wild plants globally and the yield of 85 per cent of the world's most important crops. Pollinators - mainly bees and other insects - contribute to 35 per cent of the world's food production. The service provided by pollinators is particularly important for securing food produced by the more than two billion small farmers worldwide. An agroecologist at the University of Göttingen points out that yields could be increased if pollinators were encouraged. The article was published in One Earth .
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