BUILDING BIODIVERSITY:Efforts pay off with long- and short-term benefits,

摘要

WITH INPUT COSTS up and crop prices down, many family farms have turned to a monoculture cropping system in an attempt to improve efficiencies and make ends meet. However, these practices not only limit a piece of land's long-term productivity potential, but also impact pollinators in a pretty significant way.Jill Wheeler is head of sustainable productivity for Syngenta in North America. She is passionate about the six commitments Syngenta has targeted as part of its Good Growth Plan, which include input efficiency, farmland revitalization and biodiversity, among others.