The National Biodiversity Data Centre are delighted to release a new online training module on ‘pollinator-friendly farming’, for farmers, farm advisors and agricultural students.
A Hawthorn/Whitethorn hedgerow in flower on a diary farm.
Photo: Ruth Wilson
The course is part of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan which aims to make farmland more pollinator-friendly, by helping farmers to understand what wild pollinators occur on their farms, and what evidence-based actions can be taken to make the agricultural landscape more pollinator friendly.
The short course takes just about 30 minutes to complete and is a handy source of information about wild bees, hoverflies and moths. We hope the course will give an insight into the wonderful world of pollinating insects and why pollinators are so important on the farm.
Just go to our ‘Biodiversity Learning Platform’ to try the course.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre and the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan hope the course will provide inspiration to farmers to make their farms more pollinator and biodiversity friendly.
We would like to thank the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for their funding support.
