Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEthiopia was the first African nation to be part of this Global Coalition in 2017 while Morroco became a member of this group in May this year. Burundi was the second African country to join this global group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other non-African nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina,\nthe Dominican Republic, Ireland and Mexico had joined the global group last\nyear, Down To Earth reported earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Global Coalition now has 28 signatories including 17 European countries, five from Latin America and the Caribbean and four from Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organisation was formed three years ago, to follow up on\nthe findings of IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food\nProduction, which found that many of the world\u2019s pollinator species are on the\ndecline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By signing the declaration to join the coalition, Nigeria,\nsaid the news report, has demonstrated its commitment to protect pollinators\nand their habitats by developing and implementing national pollinator\nstrategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the coalition, Nigeria will also focus on\nresearch to conserve pollinators and share its experiences on the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The annual market value of the five to eight per cent of\nproduction that is directly linked with pollination services is estimated at\n$235 billion-$577 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On an average, pollinator-dependent crops have higher prices\nthan non- pollinator dependent crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, most of Nigeria\u2019s exports of food crops depend\nsignificantly on pollinators. At least nine crops depend on pollination\nservice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The availability of pollinators and their pollination\nservices not only affects crop production in terms of their quantity but also\nquality, says a study in Nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollination by honeybees and wild bees significantly\nincreased yield quantity and quality of crops on average up to 62 per cent,\nwhile exclusion of pollinators caused an average yield gap of 37 per cent in\ncotton and 59 per cent in sesame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there is a well-documented decline in some species of\nwild pollinators, data on the status of most wild species is lacking. There are\nno global red list assessments conducted specifically for insect pollinators,\naccording to the United Nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most parts of the world, the lack of long-term population\ndata or benchmark data to compare the present status of wild pollinator\npopulations makes it difficult to show any trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network\nmanaged by the United Nations Development Programme, the IPBES assessment on\npollinators, pollination and food production drew most of its conclusions from\nthe majority of studies based in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This signifies important gaps in data in other regions of\nthe world including Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But even though a lack of wild pollinator data (species\nidentity, distribution and abundance) for Latin America, Africa, Asia and\nOceania may preclude any general statement on their regional status, local\ndeclines have been recorded said Hien T Ngo, the Pollination Coordinator at the\nIPBES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But protecting pollinators will be important for addressing\nthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) too. The goals relevant to pollinators\nare SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 15 (life on land), SDG 3 (good health and\nwell-being) through access to sufficient nutritious food (highly dependent on\npollinators) and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) too as 1.4 billion\npeople work in agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With just 10 years left to meet the 2030 agenda for\nsustainable development, a lack of data on the pollinators is a challenge that\nneeds to be addressed by Nigeria along with other African nations and the world\ntoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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