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  • Agricultural Science
  • Ecology
  • Entomology

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  • Global pollinator declines raise concerns about crop yield gaps, particularly in developing regions.
  • Farmers in these areas often depend on pollination services with limited local knowledge.
  • Pollination is crucial for food security, especially for pollinator-dependent crops.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate pollination services and pollen limitation in an Ethiopian agricultural landscape.
  • To quantify the impact of supplementary pollination on oil crop yield.
  • To identify factors influencing pollination services in a heterogeneous agricultural matrix.

Main Methods:

  • A manipulative experiment was conducted at 23 sites across an Ethiopian agricultural landscape.
  • Supplementary pollination was applied to a common oil crop to assess yield response.
  • Bee abundance and richness were measured across the landscape.

Main Results:

  • Severe pollen limitation and poor pollination services were observed in the studied oil crop.
  • Supplementary pollination resulted in an average yield increase of 91%.
  • Low bee abundance was noted, potentially explaining the poor pollination services, but variation in limitation was unrelated to landscape features or bee metrics.

Conclusions:

  • Current landscape elements aimed at increasing pollinators appear insufficient to guarantee adequate pollination services.
  • Urgent investigation into management strategies to enhance pollination services is required.
  • Addressing yield gaps in pollinator-dependent crops necessitates targeted pollination management interventions.