The Impact of Farm Management and Landscape Context on Pollinator Diversity and Delivery of Pollination Services to Crops in Kenya
		Mark Otieno Supervisors: Simon Potts, Andy Wilby, Alice Mauchline Pollination is a critical ecosystem service delivered to plants by pollinators. In all parts of the world, pollinators aid in crop production and food supply security Despite their importance, recent studies have shown declines in pollinator abundance and diversity. The reasons for these declines are not fully understood Increasing agricultural intensification (especially use of machinery), habitat loss, increasing fragmentation, pesticide usage, climate change and diseases are thought to be the main causes of pollinator declines This project will investigate the impact of farm management and landscape context on pollinator diversity and delivery of pollination services to crops. OBJECTIVES The main objectives of this study are to: To determine the role of landscape and local (management) factors in driving pollinator diversity To establish the effect of landscape context and farm management on natural enemies of pests To assess the influence of landscape factors on the linkage between pollinator diversity and delivery of pollination services to crops. OUTPUTS The establishment of the scale of impacts of farm management systems under different landscape context on pollinators. The study is funded by ...