Potential effects of climate change on crop pollination

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Crop production must meet the demands of feeding a growing population in an increasingly degraded environment amid uncertainties resulting from climate change. there is a pressing need to adapt farming systems to meet these challenges. one of agriculture’s greatest assets in meeting them is nature itself: many of the ecosystem services provided by nature – such as nutrient cycling, pest regulation and pollination – directly contribute to agricultural production. the healthy functioning of these ecosystem services ensures the sustainability of agriculture as it intensifies to meet growing demands for food production. Climate change has the potential to severely impact ecosystem services such as pollination. as with any change, both challenges and opportunities can be expected. recognizing that the interactions between climate, crops and biodiversity are complex and not always well understood, the plant production and protection division of fao has coordinated this review of the potential effects of climate change on crop pollination. By taking a comprehensive, ecosystem approach to crop production, it may be possible to build in greater resilience in farming systems, and to identify broader options for crop production intensification through the deliberate management of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Prefaceviii within the context of its lead role in the implementation of the international initiative for the Conservation and sustainable use of pollinators, also known as the international pollinators initiative (ipi) of the united nations Convention on Biological diversity, established in 2000 (Conference of parties decision v/5, section ii), fao has developed a global action on pollination services for sustainable agriculture. this report serves as a contribution by fao’s global action on pollination services to the objectives of the ipi, specifically its first objective to “Monitor pollinator decline, its causes and its impact on pollination services”

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