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Increasing organic cotton production in Benin West Africa with a supplementary food spray product to manage pests and beneficial insects
Mensah, Robert K.; Vodouhê, Davo Simplice; SANFILIPPO, Damien et al.
2012In International Journal of Pest Management, 58 (1), p. 53-64
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Abstract :
[en] Organic cotton is considered a high-value crop in Benin, West Africa, but problems of high costs and reduced yield arising from the lack of effective pest control have left cotton farmers with low profit margins. We have developed a novel supplementary food spray product (Benin Food Product, BFP) to attract and retain beneficial insects on these crops to improve the management of pests. Applications of BFP to organic cotton, with and without other biological control agents, attracted and increased the densities of predatory insects, significantly reducing pest insect numbers and producing higher yields than in cotton treated with neem extract or in cotton that was untreated. In economic terms, the average gross profit margin on the BFP-treated plot was 125,340 FCFA (French Communaute Financie`re Africaine; USA $1 ¼ 483 FCFA) with 80,248, 89,450 and 968 FCFA on plots treated with neem extract, synthetic insecticides, and no control agent, respectively. These results clearly show that a supplementary food spray, combined with biological pesticides such as neem extract, sugar, and nuclear polyhedrosis virus, could have a positive economic impact on organic cotton production in Benin.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Mensah, Robert K.;  Australian Cotton Research Institute > NSW Department Primary Industries
Vodouhê, Davo Simplice;  Organisation Béninoise pour la promotion de l'Agriculture Biologique
SANFILIPPO, Damien;  Pesticide Action Network
Assogba, Sonagnon Claude-Gervais ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Language :
English
Title :
Increasing organic cotton production in Benin West Africa with a supplementary food spray product to manage pests and beneficial insects
Publication date :
2012
Journal title :
International Journal of Pest Management
ISSN :
0967-0874
eISSN :
1366-5863
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume :
58
Issue :
1
Pages :
53-64
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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