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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

BEEHEAL - Promoting the Bee Health for Sustainable Agriculture

Reference
ARIMNET2/0002/2016
Project Type
Nacional / Público
Financial Program
FCT - ERA-NET
Global Funding Value
1165736.00 €
IPB Funding Value
49900.00 €
Type of project
Research Project
Principal Investigator
Maria Alice Pinto
Start
2017-09-27
End
2020-09-27
More info
http://www.beeheal.net

Description
The conservation on the abundance and diversity of insect pollinators is a decisive action to avoid the negative impact that the lack of these insects can produce on agriculture, on food production and security, and on environmental sustainability. More than one third of the world's agricultural production depends on Apis mellifera pollination. During the last years there is an alarming increase in the collapse of honey bee colonies where bee pathogens like Varroa destructor mites, the microsporidia Nosema ssp. and viruses participate actively. Colony decline might compromise not only food security but also present and future income to the growers.


Project Team

Project Partners

  • Agricultural Research Organization,The Volcani Center
  • Centre de recherche Provence-Alpes- Côte d’Azur Unité:Abeilles et Environnement
  • CIAPA - Centro de Investigación Apícola y Agroambiental de Marchamalo