Maize is becoming the major food crop around Lake Victoria. Major constraints to its production are Striga, stem borer, and declining soil fertility. Innovative integrated technologies have been developed: the push pull system (intercropping with Desmodium and surrounded by Napier grass), soybe...
Groot, Hugo de
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Rutto, E
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Odhiambo, G
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Kanampui, F
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Khan, Z.R.
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Coe, R.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Participatory evaluation of integrated pest and soil fertility management options using ordered categorical data analysis]
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Participatory evaluation of integrated pest and soil fertility management options using ordered categorical data analysis
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) occupies a uniquely important position as a food security crop for smallholder farmers in areas of the tropics where climate, soils, or societal stresses constrain production. Given its reliability and productivity, cassava is the most important locally produced food i...
Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20005; bState Key Laboratory for Biology
of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; cCentre for Cro...
Zhang, Wei
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Lu, Yanhui
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Werf, Wopke van der
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Huang, Jikun
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Wu, Feng
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Zhou, Ke
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Deng, Xiangzheng
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Jiang, Yuying
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Wu, Kongming
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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[Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China]
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Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China
Improvement of farmers' decision-making has been recognised as critical for the implementation of IPM, yet practitioners lack sound knowledge on the 'how and why' of farmers' decision-making processes. This study explored the perceptions, pest management practice, decision tools and sources of in...
Williamson, S.
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Little, A.
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Arif Ali, M.
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Kimani, M.
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Meir, C.
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Oruko, L.
,
[Aspects of cotton and vegetable farmers' pest management decision-making in India and Kenya]
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Aspects of cotton and vegetable farmers' pest management decision-making in India and Kenya
Management of geminiviruses is a worldwide challenge because of the widespread distribution of economically important diseases caused by these viruses. Regardless of the type of agriculture, management is most effective with an integrated pest management (IPM) approach that involves measures befo...
Rojas, M.R.
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Macedo, M.A.
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Maliano, M.R.
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Soto-Aguilar, M.
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Souza, J.O.
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Briddon, R.W.
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Kenyon, L.
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Bustamante, R.F.R.
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Zerbini, F.M.
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Adkins, S.
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Legg, J.P.
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Kvarnheden, A.
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Wintermantel, William M.
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Sudarshana, M.R.
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Peterschmitt, M.
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Lapidot, M.
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Martin, D.P.
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Moriones, E.
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Inoue-Nagata, A.K.
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Gilbertson, R.L.
,
[World management of geminiviruses]
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World management of geminiviruses
Salamaca, Leidy
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Manzano, Maria R
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Baena, Diosdado
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Tovar, Diego
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Wyckhuys, Kris A.G.
,
[Effect of simulated dasiops inedulis (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) injury on yield and fruit quality parameters in yellow passionfruit]
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Effect of simulated dasiops inedulis (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) injury on yield and fruit quality parameters in yellow passionfruit
Karamura, E.B.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Rietveld, A.M.
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Ochola, D.
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Staver, Charles
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Tinzaara, W.
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Karamura, D.A.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Weise, S.F.
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[Effectiveness of agro-ecological intensification practices in managing pests in smallholder banana systems in East and Central Africa]
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Effectiveness of agro-ecological intensification practices in managing pests in smallholder banana systems in East and Central Africa
Damage by insect pests, inter alia, is considered the liming factor of bean production in Africa. This paper reviews the current status of insect pests of beans, focusing on their ecology and management, as well as the potential for integrated pest management (IPM) approaches in subsistence fanni...
Abate, T.
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Ampofo, James Kwasi O.
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[Insect pests of beans in Africa: Their ecology and management]
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Insect pests of beans in Africa: Their ecology and management
Integrated pest management (IPM) has been widely promoted in the developing world, but in many regions its adoption rates have been variable. Experience has shown that to ensure IPM adoption, the complexities of local agro-production systems and context-specific folk knowledge need to be apprecia...
Wyckhuys, Kris A.G.
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O'Neil, RJ
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[Local agro-ecological knowledge and its relationship to farmers' pest management decision making in rural Honduras]
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Local agro-ecological knowledge and its relationship to farmers' pest management decision making in rural Honduras
The use of synthetic pesticides among vegetable producers in urban and peri-urban Cotonou, Benin, has been increasing to the extent that certain insect pests have developed resistance to the pesticides. This paper assesses the impact of the farmer field school approach in an integrated pest manag...
Lund, T.
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Sæthre, M.G.
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Nyborg, I.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Rahman, M.H.
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[Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin]
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Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin