Какво беше адресираното предизвикателство/проблем?

The Great Yellow Bumblebee EIP was a pilot agri-environmental project, which ran for one year. The EIP sought to improve the abundance of native flowers on Irish farmlands to benefit the endangered Great Yellow Bumblebee and other pollinators. The project worked with 27 farmers on the Mullet Peninsula and Erris Coastal Mainland in Co Mayo, Ирландия, during 2022. Farmers adopted various actions (such as delayed grazing and mowing, creation of linear features) to support pollinators on species rich and machair grasslands. This partnership with farmers was vital to success of project.

Как решихте проблема?

The project worked with 27 farmers on the Mullet Peninsula and Erris Coastal Mainland in Co Mayo, Ирландия, during 2022. Farmers adopted various actions (such as delayed grazing and mowing, creation of pollinator friendly linear features) to support pollin

Какво е иновативно във вашия практически случай?

Our project was simple in its approach. Reduce summer grazing or flora rich machair and allow species rich meadows to flower as long as possible before mowing to provide food for pollinators

Какви са факторите за успех при решаването на проблема?

Forming successful partnership with farmers, and forming positive working relationship with farmers.

Поуки

Farmers like to know how much their payments will be and when to expect them. It is important to give farmers as much information at the start of the project as possible, so they understand the projects aims and objectives. Working with farmers that are engaged with the project is very rewarding.

Каква роля играе съветникът или консултантската служба с практическия случай?

Farm advisors were very important from the very beginning, even before funding was in place for the project. They had great understanding of the farmers needs and what actions would be agreeable to farmers. They were important in making the link between t

Може ли вашият подход да бъде прехвърлен и/или адаптиран за други иновационни предизвикателства и региони?

Да

Приблизителна възможност за прехвърляне в скала от 1 да се 5

(където 1 е лесно и 5 много трудно)

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За споделяне на опит от добрата практика, Моля свържете се

Karina Dingerkus

karina@giorria.com

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