Operation Pollinator gives a practical solution to help growers create valuable on-farm habitat to encourage natural pollinators.
What will Operation Pollinator deliver?
Using established techniques, new habitats tailored to local conditions and pollinating insects can be successfully established and managed.
Habitat creation for pollinators has been proven by independent monitoring to increase bumblebee numbers by up to 600%, butterfly numbers up 12 fold and other insects more than 10 fold within three years.
Increasing numbers of natural pollinators has been shown to increase yields and quality of some key European farm crops.
Operation Pollinator is a powerful message to create a positive public perception for the farming industry. It importantly demonstrates that commercial farming and positive environmental management can coexist.
Research-based advice
Operation Pollinator builds on Syngenta-funded independent scientific research, proven to deliver significant increases in biodiversity and especially pollinating insects.
Based on the research and development work by Syngenta, the initiative is being tailored to specific habitat and insect needs across Europe, on a wide range of farms, soil types and farming systems - directly alongside the working farming environment.
The Operation Pollinator research has created:
• Practical advice • Proven results
Leading experts predict the likely future losses in some pollinators will become increasingly severe. Managing habitat specifically for the pollinating insects also significantly increases other biodiversity and brings about real environmental benefits, leaving growers to continue farming efficiently and profitably on the most productive parts of the field.
Protecting soil
and water
Operation Pollinator not only provides the answer for restoring vital populations of pollinating insects, but with careful site planning and management can significantly reduce soil erosion and help to protect valuable water resources from soil and nutrient pollution.
