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Population: 46 M GDP per capita: $3,100 Feed the Future country? Yes Involvement in this country since: 2005 Challenges: · Weak value chain and poor IPM coordination · Insect pests (whitefly, leaf miners, fruit borers) · Over reliance on chemical pesticides · Diseases (bacterial wilt, viruses, fungi) · High postharvest losses · Lack of clean planting material · Water use inefficiency · Weak disease diagnostic capacity |
Related Projects:
Biological Control of Invasive Weed Parthenium hysterophorus in East Africa
Dissemination of knowledge and information has led to environmental safety awareness, reduced malnutrition (especially among women and children,) and higher economic benefits as a result of reduced pesticide applications.
Vegetable Crops IPM for East Africa
Focuses on implementing and disseminating IPM strategies to combat pests of vegetable crops in East Africa, such as tomato, onion, African eggplant, cabbage, chilies, and beans.
IPM for Rice, Maize, and Chickpea in East Africa
Focuses on implementing and disseminating IPM strategies to combat pests of staple crops rice, maize, and chickpea in East Africa.
Previous Accomplishments:
- Increased environmental and human health: Dissemination of knowledge and information led to environmental safety awareness, reduced malnutrition (especially among women and children,) and higher economic benefits due to reduced pesticide applications.
- Improved tomato production and value: IPM-IL team developed a high tunnel tomato production package that contributed to sustainable intensification and food security, increasing tomato value by US $8.8.
- Developed technology: Grafting technology was introduced to combat bacterial wilt disease in tomato, high tunnels reduced pest infestation, and fungus Trichoderma was introduced for controlling soil-borne fungal pathogens.
- Built short term capacity: Scientists were trained on virus indexing and pest diagnostics at Ohio State University and Nairobi, new invasive species in Ethiopia and Senegal, and biopesticides in India and Nepal.
- Enhanced diagnostics support: Effectiveness of IPM strategies was enhanced by training farmers and agricultural agents in disease identification diagnostics.