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Conserving insects can address food security – Entomologists
A team of entomologists and scientists working on the Global
Pollination Project (GPP) - Ghana have advised crop farmers to conserve insects
that help in plant reproduction (pollination) to aid in increase in crop yield
The team which is made up of lecturers from the department
of entomology and wildlife at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and scientists
from the Ghana Atomic Energy and the University of Ghana, is advocating for the
conservation of pollinators as natural means to address food security issues
that is gradually closing up on the world
The GPP which started in 2009 is envisioned to end this year
with training of media practitioners who will in turn educate farmers on how to
invite and manage these insects when they approach their farms
Speaking to ritefmonline, Dr. Rofela Combey of the
department of Entomology and Wildlife, UCC said the project is focusing on bees
which are the most important pollinators as they work on about 63 percent of
the worlds cultivated crops
She said there seven known major bee families and approximately
30,000 species of the insects that has been identified and many more yet to be
identified
Dr. Combey noted that bees have a mutual relationship with
the crops they pollinate as they collect pollen grains as (protein food source),
nectar (for energy), Waxes, Resins and sometimes plant provide homes for the bees
through the process of pollination of which mankind also benefit profitably from
She advised farmers not to be quick in applying pesticides
immediately they see insects on their crops but rather study the insects as to
what they might be doing on those crops at the time adding that some insects
could be predators of some crop pests and others pollinators
She said it would be advisable if farmers would spray their
crops during the late mornings and seek advice from extension officers and
experts on when, how and what to apply pesticides on and that allowing these
insects on the farms would increase crop yield and ensure proper fruit
formation
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