The economic contribution of the pollinators is often estimated in order to understand the importance of the pollinator population, particularly insects. Also declining of the pollinator population would be a potential threat to food production which in turn affects nutritional security negatively. Unlike the economic contribution in terms of currency, seldom the contribution has been addressed in terms of nutrients. In the present paper, we estimated the contribution of pollinator population in the micronutrients viz. minerals and vitamins supply of the country. A higher pollinator dependency than present global average was noted in connection with all minerals deemed nutritionally important and most of the vitamins. Pollinator-dependent (PD) crops provide a substantial share of micronutrients to the population, especially with regard to vitamins C and E and elements iron. A positive trend was found in the PD supply of all micronutrients over the last 30 years in Korea, but the rate of increment was somewhat lower for vitamins C and K as well as folate.

• Sampat Ghosh(Institute of Agriculture Science and Technology, Andong National University)
• Chuleui Jung(Institute of Agriculture Science and Technology, Andong National University, Department of Plant Medicine, Andong National University)