Quel a été le défi/problème abordé?
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, Irlande, 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.
Comment as-tu résolu le problème?
The project worked with 27 farmers on the Mullet Peninsula and Erris Coastal Mainland in Co Mayo, Irlande, during 2022. Farmers adopted various actions (such as delayed grazing and mowing, creation of pollinator friendly linear features) to support pollin
Ce qui est innovant dans votre cas pratique?
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
Quels sont les facteurs de succès pour résoudre le problème?
Forming successful partnership with farmers, and forming positive working relationship with farmers.
Leçons apprises
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.
Quel rôle joue le conseiller ou le service de conseil dans le cas pratique?
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
Votre approche peut-elle être transférée et/ou adaptée à d'autres défis d'innovation et régions?
Oui
Transférabilité estimée sur une échelle de 1 pour 5
(où 1 est facile et 5 très difficile)
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Le moment est critique pour mettre fin à la culture de couverture et la disponibilité de la sertisseuse à rouleaux peut représenter un goulot d'étranglement, Pour toutes questions et demandes de renseignements sur les prochaines classes d'excellence
Karina Dingerkus
karina@giorria.com
Lien vers des informations externes
https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/great-yellow-bumblebee
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