'Pollination Crisis' Hitting India's Vegetable Farmers

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 9, September 2010

 

Indian researchers said there was a "clear indication" that pollinator abundance was linked to productivity.

 

They added that the loss of the natural service could have a long-term impact on the farming sector, which accounts for almost a fifth of the nation's GDP. Read the full report here.

 

Source: by Mark Kinver, Science and environment reporter, BBC News, UK.

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