CRSP Integrated Pest Management (IPM) : CRSPs

Success story of Mr. Matthew Ssekabembe, a participant of the Tomato IPM Programme in Busukuma Sub-county

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Date of Publication: June 2009
Author(s): Mark Erbaugh; Zachary Muwanga
Type of Document: Impact/Success Story

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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

The Regional Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab for East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) is developing a shared IPM strategy to improve the productivity of higher […]

Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2014
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Ohio State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Project

West African Regional Consortium for IPM Excellence

Vegetables are a critical source of nutrition and an important cash crop in West Africa. Vegetable crop production in West Africa is subject to constraints including […]

Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2014
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Virginia Tech

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Project

Abating Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) Damage in Eastern Africa Using Integrated Cultural and Biological Control Measures

Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus), a native plant of tropical and sub-tropical South and North America, is a noxious invasive weed in Eastern Africa. It adversely affects food […]

Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2014
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Virginia State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Health and Nutrition

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Project

Toward the Effective Integrated Pest Management of Plant Disease Caused by Viruses in Developing Countries: Detection and Diagnosis, Capacity Building and Training, and Formulation of IPM Packages

Viral diseases are one of the major constraints to vegetable production.Through this project researchers seek out new approaches to address plant virus diseases transmitted by insect […]