Pollinators – such as bees, butterflies and birds – are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and poorer ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

Tickling your tomato blossoms and brushing your squash flowers probably aren’t regular tasks on your gardening to-do list, but it turns out that hand pollination, in league with natural processes, can ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

As global warming threatens cocoa production by pushing temperatures beyond optimal levels, manual pollination offers a promising solution to boost yields and support millions of smallholder farmers.

Agroecologists compare pesticides, fertilizers, manual pollination and farming costs in Indonesia. Cocoa is in great demand on the world market, but there are many different ways to increase ...

Enjoy delicious fruit—even if you're growing your trees indoors. Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural ...

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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has encouraged farmers in cocoa-growing areas across the country to take hand pollination seriously to increase yield. This is in fulfilment of COCOBOD’s goal of ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...