The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar, has evaded all efforts to manage it in all banana-based cropping systems except the commercial plantation banana system, where the 2 to 3 year crop cycle and the intensity of management limit the pest survival in that system. Conversely, in backyard...
Rice insect pest management in Nigeria is compartmentalized; literature documenting the status of research on the biology and significance of insect pests and on their management, has therefore been reviewed. A holistic, broadly based, multidisciplinary pest-management research approach is sugges...
Umeh, E.D.N.
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Joshi, R.C.
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Ukwungwu, M.N.
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[Biology, status and management of rice insect pest in Nigeria]
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Biology, status and management of rice insect pest in Nigeria
More effective control of the tsetse fly in Africa will reduce constraints imposed by the livestock disease, trypanosomiasis. Trypanosomiasis lowers livestock productivity, and in some areas, may limit the ability of farmers to keep livestock and plough the land using animal traction. Control of ...
Reid, Robin S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Mulatu, W.
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[Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia]
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Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia
Chemical control has highly expanded over the last 30 years in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce bio-aggressors on all crops. Pest management of fruits and vegetables by small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have developed anarchically in a fuzzy regulation framework. Pesticide toxicity and excessive ap...
Bon, H. de
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Huat, J.
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Parrot, L.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Martin, T.
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Malézieux, E.
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Vayssières, Jean-François
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[Pesticide risks from fruit and vegetable pest management by small farmers in subSaharan Africa: a review]
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Pesticide risks from fruit and vegetable pest management by small farmers in subSaharan Africa: a review
By 2050, Africa's population is projected to exceed 2 billion. Africa will have to increase food production more than 50% in the coming 50 years to meet the nutritional requirements of its growing population. Nowhere is the need to increase agricultural productivity more pertinent than in much of...
Talwana, H.
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Sibanda, Z.
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Wanjohi, W.
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Kimenju, W.
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Luambano-Nyoni, N.
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Massawe, C.
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Manzanilla-Lopez, R.
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Davies, K.G.
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Hunt, D.J.
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Sikora, R.A.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Gowen, S.
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Kerry, B.
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[Agricultural nematology in East and Southern Africa: problems, management strategies and stakeholder linkages]
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Agricultural nematology in East and Southern Africa: problems, management strategies and stakeholder linkages
Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 count...
Parsa, Soroush
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Morse, Stephen
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Bonifacio, Alejandro
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Chancellor, Timothy C.B.
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Condori, B.
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Crespo Pérez, Verónica
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Hobbs, Shaun LA
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Kroschel, J.
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Ba, Malick N.
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Rebaudo, François
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Sherwood, Stephen G
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Vanek, Steven J.
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Faye, Emile
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Herrera, Mario A
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Dangles, Oliver
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[Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries]
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Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
Adam, R.I.
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Sindi, K.
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Badstue, L.
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[Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania]
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Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania
Cowpea is a widely cultivated and major nutritional source of protein for many people that live in West Africa. Annual yields and longevity of grain storage is greatly reduced by feeding damage caused by a complex of insect pests that include the pod sucking bugs, Anoplocnemis curvipes Fabricius ...
Agunbiade, T.A.
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Sun, W.
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Coates, B.S.
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Djouaka, R.F.
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Tamo, M.
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Ba, Malick N.
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Binso-Dabire, L.
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Baoua, I.
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Olds, B.P.
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Pittendrigh, Barry R.
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[Development of reference transcriptomes for the major field insect pests of cowpea: a toolbox for insect pest management approaches in West Africa]
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Development of reference transcriptomes for the major field insect pests of cowpea: a toolbox for insect pest management approaches in West Africa
This paper discusses the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources in the African continent and the role of insect biodiversity for the sustainable development of natural resources. The arthropod reference collection at the Agricultural Research for Development in ...
Goergen, Georg E.
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[Insect biodiversity for sustainable management of natural resources]
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Insect biodiversity for sustainable management of natural resources
The cassava mealybug (CM), Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero was unknown to science when it was first discovered in 1973, along the Congo-Zaire river in Central Africa. In 1981, following inten¬ sive exploration and taxonomie studies, CM was found to have originated from a limited area of South...
Herren, H.R.
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[Biological control as the primary option in sustainable pest management: the cassava pest project]
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Biological control as the primary option in sustainable pest management: the cassava pest project