Managing pollination services at farm-scale: making 'ecological intensification' a reality

该项目询问农民个人如何管理传粉者，为他们种植的作物提供授粉服务。IPBES对传粉者和传粉的全球评估确定，生态集约化是支持全球传粉者和传粉服务的关键战略。这种耕作方式积极管理授粉、害虫调控和土壤养分循环等生态功能，以增加产量。农业对授粉的需求正在增长，但许多传粉者的范围和/或丰度正在下降。您将在最近由凯斯合作伙伴HL Hutchinson Ltd(www.omniaprelsion.co.uk)推出的Omnia Precision软件包中进行所需的基础研究，以构建授粉模块。该模块将包括农场种植的农作物对传粉者的依赖、关键传粉者对这些作物的身份和动态的花粉和花蜜需求、花卉资源地图、估计的资源短缺以及如何纠正这些问题的实用建议。您的工作将是在真正的农场实现生态集约化方面向前迈出的重要一步。您将加入UEA(www.enveast.ac.uk)的NERC EnvEast博士培训计划，以及针对农学家的哈钦森基金会研究生培训计划，为您在研究和商业之间的可持续农业职业生涯奠定基础。您将发展的主要技能：生态采样和实验设计生态建模统计分析，包括空间数据地理信息系统和遥感在景观生态中的应用软件开发与行业合作

This project asks how individual farmers can manage pollinators in their landscapes to provide pollination services to crops they are growing.The IPBES global assessment of pollinators and pollination identified 'ecological intensification' as a key strategy for supporting pollinators and pollination services worldwide. This approach to farming actively manages ecological functions such as pollination, pest regulation and soil nutrient cycling to increase yield. Demand for pollination in agriculture is growing, yet many pollinators are declining in range and/or abundance. You will do the underlying research needed to build a pollination module in the Omnia Precision software package, recently launched by CASE partner HL Hutchinson Ltd (www.omniaprecision.co.uk). The module will incorporate pollinator dependency of crops grown on the farm, identities and dynamic pollen and nectar needs of key pollinators for these crops, maps of floral resources, estimated resource deficits, with practical advice on how to correct them. Your work will be a major step forward in operationalising ecological intensification for real farms.You will join the NERC EnvEast Doctoral Training Programme at UEA (www.enveast.ac.uk), and the Hutchinsons Foundation graduate training programme for agronomists, setting you up for a career in sustainable agriculture at the interface between research and business. Key skills you will develop:Ecological sampling and experimental designEcological modelling Statistical analysis, including spatial dataApplications of GIS and remote sensing in landscape ecologySoftware developmentWorking with industry