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Find out more:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/tropentag2016/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/resource-box-for-resilient-seed-systems-handbook/
Improving selection efficiency for drought adaptation in pearl millet [Pennis...ICRISAT
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Bioversity International's presentations at the 8th annual Ecosystem Services Partnership conference bit.ly/BioversityAtESP8
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Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
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Multispecies pastures for increased productivity and provision of ecosystem services
1. § In the American tropics, the vast majority of pastures are
dominated by a single species (mostly grasses)
§ Pastures with higher species diversity can be more
efficient and might be more stable and resistant to disaster
than those with fewer species. They also provide
ecosystem services.
§ Preliminary results from a pilot study show an increase in
pollinators in multi-species pastures
Multispecies pastures for increased
productivity and provision of
ecosystem services
Partners
Outcomes
• As this is a long-term project in its early stages,
results of production potential and ecosystem
services are not yet available.
• Despite this, preliminary results show that even
within the limited period since the pilot study
began, there has been a two-fold increase in
richness and diversity of pollinators (e.g.,
Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera) in multi-species
pastures compared to a grass-legume system
• The relevance of preliminary results is important
in light of the steady decline of pollinators
worldwide. Our preliminary results show that
establishment of multi-species pastures can
rapidly provide an environment friendly to
pollinators and thereby mitigate their reductions
as shown elsewhere.
Multi-species pastures showing a combination of grasses, legumes and herbs;
and a bumblebee covered in pollen from a Cannavalia brasiliensis flower
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Attribution 4.0 International Licence. June 2020
Context
• Low species diversity within pastures make
them more vulnerable to erratic weather
events, outbreaks of pests and diseases and
more reliant on external inputs (e.g., fertilizers)
• We implemented a field pilot study to test
multi-species pastures (November 2019) in
Palmira, Colombia, the Regional Hub for the
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT in the Americas (ABC)
Our innovative approach
• We aim to investigate the production potential
and ecosystem services (e.g., soil health, carbon
accumulation, diversity of pollinators) of multi-
species pastures consisting of one to three plant
functional groups (grasses, legumes and forage
herbs; up to six species) when compared to a
grass monoculture or a grass-legume (one of
each) system
• We are also investigating the importance of
increasing the diversity of plants in relation to
pasture management with the aim of achieving
higher yields and plant persistence over time
Future steps
• Larger field trials are being established at ABC
• These trials will be part of Legacynet: a voluntary
global network of experimental sites set up to
investigate the benefits of multispecies grasslands
Juan Andrés Cardoso
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT
j.a.cardoso@cgiar.org
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