Title
The production of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) in colombia: Perspectives for habitat conservation through pollination services
Other title
La produção de maracujá (Passiflora edulis) na colombia: Perspectivas para a conservação do habitat a través del serviço de polinização
Date Issued
01 March 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Calle Z.
Giraldo E.
Chará J.
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Abstract
At a global scale the area devoted to agricultural cultivation that depends upon insect pollination has grown steadily and, therefore, an increased demand of this service would be expected. However, lack of pollinators is not always an essential factor in the productive system at farm level. The present work evaluates the perceptions of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) producers about the main factors determining their productivity in three Colombian departments (Huila, Meta and Valle del Cauca). In Valle, pollination is manually applied to complement insect pollination, and cultivation areas are more isolated from natural or semi-natural forests, have a higher density and are subjected to more frequent pesticide application than in Huila and Meta. In Meta, cultivation depends exclusively on bee (Xylocopa) pollination, density of cultivated lots is lower, plots are more isolated from natural/semi-natural habitat, and pesticide are applied with a lower frequency. Eventual interventions to insure the provision of natural pollination services would differ. For instance, in Valle and Huila the probability that producers will adopt the concept of pollination services to justify habitat conservation is low, given the intensification level observed. In order to improve the level of natural pollination services supplied for passion fruit culture in these localities, organic production schemes must be promoted, and/or small habitat fringes close to the cultivation areas be restored.
Start page
207
End page
212
Volume
35
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias agrícolas Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79954604815
Source
Interciencia
ISSN of the container
03781844
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