Project
West African Regional Consortium of IPM Excellence
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
2004
End Date:
2009
CRSP Phase:
Phase 3
Budget:
$800,000
Countries:
Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal
Participants
Lead University:
Virginia Tech
Other Partners:
AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center (Tanzania), Fort Valley State
University, University of California-Davis,
Purdue Univesity, INSAH, ANCAR, CERES
Locustox, DPV, ETQCL, IER, IITA,
INERA, IRAG, ISRA, NARI, OHVN
Principal Investigator(s):
Donald Mullins
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Robert Gilbertson; Rick Foster; George Mbata; Carlyle Brewster; Jean Cobb; Patricia Hipkins; Jim Westwood
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Overview
he West Africa project focused on research planning and organizing the US-based and host country scientists for development of three vegetable IPM packages in three West African countries. These packages were for: 1) tomato in Ghana,
Mali and Senegal, 2) potato in Mali and Senegal, and 3) cabbage in Mali and Senegal.
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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