The contribution of cowpea to food security and poverty reduction can be substantial in West Africa if both biological and socioeconomic constraints are addressed. While some attention has been given to genetics, agronomy, and pest control, such economic issues as access to input, marketing, and ...
CIAT and Colombia`s national agricultural research institution, ICA, are involved in a collaborative study of the toxicological effects on farm workers and their families from using pesticides on snap beans. Between June and August 1989, blood samples were collected on three occasions from person...
Cojocaru, A
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[Toxicological implications of pesticide use on snap beans in Sumapaz, Colombia]
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Toxicological implications of pesticide use on snap beans in Sumapaz, Colombia
In our efforts to develop strategies for the manegement of bean steam maggots (bean fly) (Ophiomyia spp; Dipteras Agromyzae) in small scale farmers systems, we focus on options that are available and sustainable within the farming environment. These include host plant resistance, cultural practic...
Ampofo, James Kwasi O.
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Massomo, S.M.S.
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[Host plant resistance, cultural practices and botanical pesticides four the management of bean stem maggot in small scale farmer systems]
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Host plant resistance, cultural practices and botanical pesticides four the management of bean stem maggot in small scale farmer systems
Kibirigwi Irrigation Scheme is a smallholder farming area in Central Kenya, where the main activity is production of horticultural crops. Pesticides are widely misused. This study investigated the extent of household pesticide exposure in 40 randomly selected farms in July-August, 1995. Exposure ...
Kimani, V.W.
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McDermott, John J.
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[Contamination of dining tables with pesticides in Kibrigwi irrigation scheme]
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Contamination of dining tables with pesticides in Kibrigwi irrigation scheme