The study is based on studies of strawberry plants on twelve farms in the county of SkĂ„ne, Sweden. On the farms with âKRAVâ organic certification, where neither pesticides nor non-organic fertiliser are used, 45 per cent of the strawberry flowers were fully pollinated. On the conventional farms, the corresponding figure was 17 per cent.
âThe results show that the pollination service is benefited by organic cultivation methods, which is an important factor in the development of sustainable agricultureâ, says Georg Andersson, a doctoral student in environmental science at Lund University.
The research also shows that the positive effects of organic cultivation are evident within 2â4 years of the farm receiving KRAV certification.
The research results have been published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031599
For more information, please contact:
Georg Andersson, doctoral student at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University
Tel: +46 46 222 92 93, +46 704 47 85 04
Georg.Andersson@biol.lu.se
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