Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Dias The Brazilian Pollinators Initiative (BPI)
Subproject 13: Management of Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis,
Passifloraceae) Pollinators in the north of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Objective: to assess the pollination of Passion Fruit (Passiflora
edulis, Passifloraceae) in the North of the State of Rio de Janeiro
and to assess the effect of natural pollinators and their bionomic
characteristics in native vegetation areas, to subsidise the
elaboration of a management plan of these pollinator species in
the Passion Fruit crop areas
Administration: Foundation for Regional Development of the North
of Rio de Janeiro State - FUNDENOR, and is developed by
researchers from the Northern Rio de Janeiro State University.
Agreement value: US$ 20,076.20 funded by PROBIO, with a cofunding
of US$ 20,620.68.
(This subproject has received an initial
disbursement from PROBIO of US$ 19,416.29).
PROBIO – Expected Products
• Management Plans for pollinators of 19
crop species;
• Manuals for capacity building of farmers
in small and large properties, local
communities and their organizations for
the sustainable management of the
diversity of pollinators and the increase
of the pollination service they provide
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