Can bees save us from a food crisis? A look at Pollinate Project, a Brazil-China collaboration

Project Pollinate is an initiative to protect and nurture the bee apiaries close to agribusiness company COFCO International's sugarcane fields. "If we didn’t have bees, 80% of all fruit and vegetables would not be here. We would not be here on earth," says Matheus Tripodi, Pollinate Project coordinator. The project works with the agribusiness sector to ensure chemicals are not sprayed within a particular radius of where beehives are located. Planes are equipped with satellite location technology that automatically turn off the sprays when they cross into a protected area. Local beekeepers say they saw an immediate impact from the use of buffer zones. Project Pollinate is now a model that COFCO plans to replicate in different regions and with different crops to protect biodiversity. #features #fullframecgt #bees #agribusiness Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile https://cgtnamerica.vhx.tv/videos/hd-live-broadcasts Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube Follow CGTN America: Twitter: @cgtnamerica Facebook: @cgtnamerica Instagram: @cgtnamerica TikTok: @newstoks This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.