Qual foi o desafio/problema abordado?

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, Colômbia, 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.

Como você resolveu o problema?

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

O que há de inovador no seu caso prático?

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

Quais são os fatores de sucesso na resolução do problema?

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

Lições aprendidas

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.

Qual o papel do consultor ou serviço de consultoria no caso prático?

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

Sua abordagem pode ser transferida e / ou adaptada para outros desafios de inovação e regiões?

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Transferibilidade estimada em uma escala de 1 Ir para o conteúdo 5

(Onde 1 é fácil e 5 muito difícil)

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Por compartilhar a experiência sobre as boas práticas, entre em contato

Karina Dingerkus

karina@giorria.com

Link para informações externas

https://www.belmullettidytowns.com/great-yellow-bumblebee

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