The aim of the Project is the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (CSUP) is to promote co-ordinated action across the country:
- Assessing the economic value of pollination and the economic impact of the decline of pollination services to Indian agriculture
- Promote wider use of pollinators, as essential input for cross pollinated crops, to enhance / maintain agricultural productivity
- Monitor pollinator decline, its causes and its impact on pollination services;
- Address the lack of taxonomic information on pollinators;
- Promote conservation and restoration of pollinators for the sake of sustainability of agriculture in India