DIVECOSYS seminar in Dakar (June 2015)
Last update: 6 April 2018
The participants, from Benin, Ivory Coast, France, Mali, Senegal and Togo, presented feedback on their experiences and research results in terms of agro-ecological management of crop pests. The presentations, by some forty authors, in the form of talks or posters, covered five topics: 1/ pest incidence and phytosanitary practices; 2/ boosting regulation services; 3/ innovative crop techniques; 4/ botanical extracts and biopesticides, and 5/ strategies and feedback.
A workshop on "crop protection strategies, from biological model to territory", based on an in-depth analysis of the biological and technical systems in play (observing differently) served to reflect upon how to extrapolate individual actions to a collective scale, in other words extrapolating farmer practices on a field or farm level to supply chains, producer organizations and other networks on a territory scale.
This debate resulted in the identification of gaps in knowledge, expressed in terms of research questions or hypotheses, with a view to establishing the "seed" of a collaborative project.
Presentations and posters
Last update: 6 April 2018
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Session 1: Impact of pests and phytosanitary practices
Chair: Karamoko DIARRA (UCAD, Senegal) -
Session 4: Botanical extracts and biopesticides
Chair: Françoise ASSOGBA KOMLAN (INRAB, Benin) -
Brainstorming workshop: "Crop protection strategies: from biological model to territory"
A sub-group met to discuss agro-ecological management of three pests (Tuta absoluta and Helicoverpa armigera on tomato and fruit flies on mango) on the scale of the Niayes territory north of Dakar, and presented its conclusions to the general assembly.
