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Integrated pest management: Options for Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Eldad M. Tukahirwa
Eldad M. Tukahirwa
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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Abstract

The paper acknowledges the need for pesticide usage to boost agricultural production and for disease control in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa. But drawing from some instances of pesticide pollution so far reported in Africa, the paper highlights the need for cautious use of the chemicals in order to avoid further pollution.

The need for using pesticides within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM) is presented, but also presented are results of a survey which indicates that quantities of pesticides used continue to increase, and that the attitudes of farmers and extension workers are still heavily weighted in favour of pesticide application alone.

A number of options that could be taken to inculcate IPM ideals and concepts among the people are presented, emphasizing education and training, not only for farmers and extension workers, but also for the youths most of whom are destined to become the future farmers.

Résumé

La communication reconnaît la nécessité de l'utilisation d'insecticides afin d'augmenter la production agricole et de contrôler les maladies en Ouganda et ailleurs en Afrique. Néanmoins en se basant sur certains cas de pollutio par insecticide constatés en Afrique, la communication souligne le besoin de modérer l'utilisation des produits chimiques pour éviter plus de pollution.

La présentation montre la nécessité d'utiliser les insecticides dans le cadre du contrôle integré des insectes (CII) ainsi que les résultats d'une etude indiquant que l'utilisant des insecticides s'accrot et que les fermiers et le Personnel d'Extension préferent toujours l'applicatlon d'insecticides tout court.

Une série d'options qui pourraient être adoptées pour introduire les idéaux et concepts du contrôle integré des insectes aux populations est présentée, mettant l'accent sur l'enselgnement et la formation des fermiers, du Personnel d'Extension ainsi que les jeunes, dont la majorité sont destines à devenir fermiers.

Keywords

Integrated pest managementfarmers' attitudesUgandaContrôle integré des insectesfermierspréférenceOuganda
Type
Part I: Symposium on Integrated Pest Management and Environmental Conservation: Pest Management Strategies and Practices
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 12 , Special Issue 5-6: Aspects of Pest Management in Relation to Agricultural Production and Environmental Conservation in Africa , December 1991 , pp. 535 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1991

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