Grasshopper control in the Sahel: Farmer perceptions and participation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationImperial College Londonen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Nigeren
cg.contributor.affiliationGroupe de Recherche Actions pour le Développement, Malien
cg.contributor.affiliationAfricareen
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/s0261-2194(97)00061-6en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0261-2194en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalCrop Protectionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaPESTS OF PLANTSen
cg.volume16en
dc.contributor.authorStonehouse, J.M.en
dc.contributor.authorGbongboui, C.en
dc.contributor.authorGroot, A. deen
dc.contributor.authorLomer, C.en
dc.contributor.authorLy, S.en
dc.contributor.authorTijanien
dc.contributor.authorMaiga, I.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T07:01:33Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-19T07:01:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98697
dc.titleGrasshopper control in the Sahel: Farmer perceptions and participationen
dcterms.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 brigadesen
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationStorehouse, 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.en
dcterms.extentp. 733-741en
dcterms.issued1997-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectgrasshoppersen
dcterms.subjectlocustsen
dcterms.subjectacrididaeen
dcterms.subjectmilletsen
dcterms.subjectchemical controlen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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