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Integrated Pest Management in Cocoa Agroforests in Southern Cameroon: Constraints and Overview |
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| Authors: | Denis J Sonwa Ousmane Coulibaly A Akinwumi Adesina Stephan F Weise Mathurin Tchatat |
| Institution: | 1. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Humid Forest Ecoregional Center (IITA-HFEC), P.O. Box 2008, Messa Yaoundé, Cameroon 2. Institute of Horticulture, University of Bonn, Auf dem Hugel 6, D-53121, Bonn, Germany; E-mail: 3. Biological Control Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.O. Box 08-0932, Cotonou, Benin; E-mail: 4. The Rockfeller Foundation, Agricultural Sciences Division, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018-2702, U.S.A 5. Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (IRAD), B.P. 2067, Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Abstract: | Imports of pesticides have long been subsidised for use in the cocoa agroforests of the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon. With the liberalisation of the cocoa and pesticides sectors and the devaluation of the local currency (CFA franc), farmers are facing fluctuations in the price paid for cocoa and the high cost of farm inputs. Without the support of the extension services, they themselves have developed traditional integrated control methods based on the use of plant extracts mixed with conventional pesticides. From a survey of 300 cocoa farmers, the study assesses the farmers' command of these methods, the pests controlled, the problems encountered and the institutional constraints in the definition and dissemination of integrated control methods. The study concludes with recommendations for research and development towards the better definition and dissemination of integrated control methods. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
| Keywords: | cocoa agroforest humid forest zone indigenous knowledge integrated pest management pesticides southern Cameroon |
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