Rearing beneficial insects for biological control purposes in resource poor areas of africa |
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Authors: | D. E. Conlong C. F. Mugoya |
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Affiliation: | 1. South African Sugar Association Experiment Station, Mount Edgecombe, Private Bag X02, 4300, Natal, South Africa 2. Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6884, Kampala, Uganda
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Abstract: | Biological control of insect pest and weeds using beneficial insects in resource poor areas is not very well supported. Poor funding has affected in particular the importation of classical biological control agents, quarantine, rearing, research facilities, and the research programmes. Donor agencies, commercial and semi-commercial enterprises in a number of African countries have, however, been able to contribute to biological control efforts using beneficial insects by providing some of the resources needed. This has led to biological control becoming a real possibility to control insect pests and weeds in several resource poor countries. Examples are provided of the “spin-offs” of such programmes for resource poor areas in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Benin and Nigeria. Conventional insect rearing, insect conservation and habitat management as an aid to biological control programmes are discussed. |
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