The project “Bees for Pollination” funded by the CNRS interdisciplinary mission (MITI) is analysing along a rural-urban gradient in the Pondicherry region,the pollination services offered to crops by two native honeybees (Apis cerena and the stingless Trigona) that show adaptive capacities to climate change, and the knowledge and practices of beekeepers and farmers with regard to the relationships between pollinating insects and agrobiodiversity.
We are combining ecological, socio-economic and anthropological research in order to understand, measure and disseminate the contribution of pollination to agricultural yields, a step towards a resilient agro-ecological system.