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Geoff Coates Syngenta
8/16/2010
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CSS
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HLS
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Changes in Distribution of Payments
HLS = Higher Level Stewardship
ELS = Entry Level Stewardship
SFP = Single Farm Payment
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Where it all began 2001-06
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The Buzz Project
Objectives
• Increase biodiversity and retain farm profitability
• Project replicated across 6 sites
• 7 habitats compared
• Examine impact of habitat creation and management techniques on a
wide range of plants and animals
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NA Site PlanEach plot 6 meters wide x 50 meters long
Randomisation of plots will vary from site to site
CROPPED TO EDGE
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12FCROPPED TO EDGE
A. Crop - Winter
Wheat
B. Tussocky mix
C. Flowery mix
D. Legume Mix
E. Natural
Regeneration
F. Conservation
Headland
0.2ha
WildBird
Seed Mix
Habitats
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Crop and Conservation Headlands
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Natural Regeneration and Tussock Grass Mix
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Wild flower and Pollen & Nectar Margins
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Bumblebee food plant preferences 2003
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Buzz Results
Buzz Project Results – Bumblebee abundance
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Why the Bumblebee?
– Over last 40yrs in UK 97% of farmland pollen & nectar sources lost
– the Bumblebee was in decline in UK– One of Nature pollinators
CAP reform – greening of European Ag
– Can Syngenta access this changing environment? Buzz ProjectYes - Bumblebees respond quickly”
– Bumblebee is a BAP indicator species for UK Government
– Demonstrate that sustainable, profitable food production and a vibrant countryside can sit side by side IN THE SAME FIELD!
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Operation Bumblebee 2005-2008
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Why Operation Bumblebee 2005-08 for
Syngenta ?
– Greening of the “ CAP”
– New Agricultural Revolution Mar-05 = SFP / ELS /HLS
– Go to Market Strategy in the UK
– Sustainable Profitable Agriculture in UK
– Corporate and Social Responsibility
– On Brand
– Knowledge transfer from Buzz + Seed mixtures
– Pilot Aug 04 & Launch OBBee Autumn 2005 to UK Press
– Pan European?
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Operation Pollinator Legume Only
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Operation Bumblebee -
Syngenta Commitment
– Regional Environmental Training at Centres across the UK
(1 day Farmer training course – knowledge transfer from Buzz -incl. mixtures, site, sow, management, ES -fit )
– Operation Bumblebee Training Pack
– Bumblebee ID guide & Poster
– OBBee Signs
– Topical in-season updates
– Phone Support
– Web Site http://www.operationbumblebee.co.uk
– Farmers commitment for training to sow 1 ha of mix on their farm record site and manage the mixture
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Monitoring
Monitoring of both Pollen & Nectar and existing farm margins took
place across the UK – Mike Edwards et al
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Operation Bumblebee 2005 -2008 Results
• Over 1200ha’s of seed mix sown in 3 yrs
• Over 600 farms signed up to the project & trained across NI, Scotland and England
• Significant sustainable effect for the Bumblebee on over 20 % of UK arable land
• Return of Bombus ruderatus
• Still demand in 2010 every week from farmers
• Supermarket buy-in for Fresh Produce.
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Bombus ruderatus
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Operation Pollinator 2008 - 2013
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Operation Pollinator – the next step in Europe
• Pollinators are in decline across Europe
• Changes in Cropping patterns
• Gov. Policy
• More than 80% of European crop types are dependent on insects for pollination
• Pollination by native bees and other pollination insects is worth €5bn to European farmers
• Est value of Pollinator Services Globally is $150bn
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And why change to a new name and logo?
From to
• Every project is unique! It is now a trans-continental project!
• Bumblebees not always key pollinators in every country
• Delivery of landscape biodiversity and pollination services
• Design changes registered as TMs in EU,USA & Australia
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So what have Syngenta done in Europe in
2009 -10
• Now 13 ( incl.UK)countries has:-
• Year 1 - Operation Pollinator Team = Syngenta Staff + external consultants. Est. 3 farms per country – sown mix – range of crops.
• Year 2 - Train Staff to establish habitat & develop Specific Pollinator Seed mixtures & protocols per country. (already UK1200,Italy200,Germany 600 farmers involved)
• Year 3 + Train Farmers / Agronomists - rollout on landscape scale & to fit with Agri.Envir. Support
• Monitoring team & reporting per year
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Small mining bee ( genus: Lasioglossum) on
Melon flower in France
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Megachile visiting legumes
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Species Italian Flowering Period
Hedysarum coronarium L.
Lotus corniculatus L.
Medicago sativa L.
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Trifolium pratense L.
Trifolium repens L.
Brassica napus oleifera
Flowering Period - Operation Pollinator Italian
Mix
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IV V VI
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XIImonth
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Portugal – Establishment and delivery
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ELS Pollen & Nectar Margin
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Operation Pollinator Grass & Wildflower
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Combinations – Sandwich Margin
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Operation Pollinator Offer
• OP Training Day for Agronomists
• OP Training Day for Farmers
• Operation Pollinator Seed mixtures
• (+Wild Bird Seed mixtures)
• Partnership Plan – Seeds offer
• Syngenta 8 Platform Site Demo in UK
• Syngenta Environmental Network-
Syngenta Staff,WFC,M.Edwards,Seed Houses