Regional IPM Program for East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

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Details

Project Code:
Not Available

Start Date:
2004

End Date:
2009

CRSP Phase:
Phase 3

Budget:
$800,000

Countries:
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Participants

Lead University:

Other Partners:
Virginia Tech, Tennessee State University (US); Makerere University Faculty of Agriculture, The Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization, Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Egerton University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzanian Coffee Research Institute; The World Vegetable Center, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology

Principal Investigator(s):
Mark Erbaugh

Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Sam Kyamanywa; George Bigirwa

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Overview

The East Africa regional project (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) developed a shared IPM strategy to improve the productivity of higher value marketed horticultural crops in the region using a specialized program dedicated to ecologically-based IPM research.

The IPM CRSP will be implemented by a consortium of U.S. and East African institutions, with The Ohio State University (OSU) serving as the lead university and Virginia Tech as the management entity. A coordinating unit (CU) will be headquartered at Makerere University Faculty of Agriculture in Uganda and include member representatives from each participating nation. It will co-ordinate IPM research, training, extension and technology dissemination activities in the region.

Objectives

To develop a specialized, ecologically based IPM research program focused on priority pest constraints of selected higher value marketed horticultural crops.

Outcomes

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