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Crop Mixtures Influence Fall Armyworm Infestation and Natural Enemy Abundance in Maize-based Intercropping Systems

March 5, 2025

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), causes significant damage to maize, threatening the food security and livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Crop diversification has been recommended as an ecologically sustainable FAW control… Continue Reading…

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A method for estimating insect abundance and patch occupancy with potential applications in large-scale monitoring programmes

July 24, 2024

Large-scale monitoring programmes often make inferences about insect abundance based on count data collected using some probability-based sampling technique.

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Selecting the right statistical model for analysis of insect count data by using information theoretic measures

July 24, 2024

Researchers and regulatory agencies often make statistical inferences from insect count data using modelling approaches that assume homogeneous variance.

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The excess-zero problem in soil animal count data and choice of appropriate models for statistical inference

July 24, 2024

Recent studies show that soil animal count data are characterized by the presence of excess zeros and overdispersion, which violate the assumptions of standard statistical tests.

Pest/disease control

Evaluation of Statistical Models for Analysis of Insect, Disease and Weed Abundance and Incidence Data

July 24, 2024

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been a fundamental method used for analysis of abundance and incidence data.

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Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate

July 24, 2024

The impacts of climate change on resource-poor farmers are especially severe and include increased challenges with food security and food safety.

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Manual for the identification of grass, stemborers and associated parasitoids in Kenya

July 24, 2024

J’he Global Environment Facility (GEF) with implementation support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) funded the project GFL/2711·01-4345 focusing on “Conservation of Gramineae and Associated Arthropods for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa”.

Pest/disease control

The effect of Brachiaria rows on stem borer damage on sorghum in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia

July 23, 2024

The lepidopteron stemborer (Chilo partellus) and parasitic Striga weed (Striga hermonthica) caused major yield losses in subsistence sorghum production in the Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

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Weeds, Diseases, Insect Pests, and Tri-Trophic Interactions in Tropical Agroforestry

July 22, 2024

Under the International Plant Protection Convention, a pest is defined as any species, strain, or biotype of plant, animal, or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products (ISPM, 2006).

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Increasing access to agricultural extension and advisory services: How effective are new approaches in reaching women farmers in rural areas?

July 22, 2024

In many developing countries, rural populations are heavily dependent on agriculture as well as different social services for their livelihoods. Yet access to adequate knowledge, improved technologies, financial services and other relevant social services remains a critical issue.

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Crop Mixtures Influence Fall Armyworm Infestation and Natural Enemy Abundance in Maize-based Intercropping Systems

A method for estimating insect abundance and patch occupancy with potential applications in large-scale monitoring programmes

Selecting the right statistical model for analysis of insect count data by using information theoretic measures

The excess-zero problem in soil animal count data and choice of appropriate models for statistical inference

Evaluation of Statistical Models for Analysis of Insect, Disease and Weed Abundance and Incidence Data

Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate

Manual for the identification of grass, stemborers and associated parasitoids in Kenya

The effect of Brachiaria rows on stem borer damage on sorghum in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia

Weeds, Diseases, Insect Pests, and Tri-Trophic Interactions in Tropical Agroforestry

Increasing access to agricultural extension and advisory services: How effective are new approaches in reaching women farmers in rural areas?

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