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Grasshopper control in the Sahel: Farmer perceptions and participation

dc.contributor.authorStonehouse, J.M.
dc.contributor.authorGbongboui, C.
dc.contributor.authorGroot, A. de
dc.contributor.authorLomer, C.
dc.contributor.authorLy, S.
dc.contributor.authorTijani
dc.contributor.authorMaiga, I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:29:50Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:29:50Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationStorehouse, J.M., Gbongboui, C., De Groot, A., Lomer, C., Ly, S., Tijani & Maiga, I. (1997). Grasshopper control in the Sahel: farmer perceptions and participation. Crop Protection, 16(8), 733-741.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5046
dc.description.abstractThis study used farmers' responses to a questionnaire to investigate the practices they used against grasshoppers, locusts and other pests, the reasons for their choices, and the differences between the perception and control of grasshoppers vis-à-vis other pests. 313 farmers were interviewed in the Sahelian zones of Benin, Mali and Niger. The perceived relative and absolute gravity of pests, and the techniques used against them, varied between areas. Insect control techniques requiring cash spending were generally disfavoured for this reason. Compared with that of other insects the traditional, non-chemical controls of grasshoppers, though effective, were seen as demanding of time and money, and may have interfered with other farm tasks such as weeding. For these reasons grasshopper control was not performed very much by farmers, but left to the publicly-organised village control brigades
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectGrasshoppers
dc.subjectLocusts
dc.subjectAcrididae
dc.subjectMillets
dc.subjectChemical Control
dc.titleGrasshopper control in the Sahel: Farmer perceptions and participation
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationImperial College London
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger
cg.contributor.affiliationGroupe de Recherche Actions pour le Développement, Mali
cg.contributor.affiliationAfricare
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid102310
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(97)00061-6


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