Arthropod pests cause signifcant problems in agricultural crops all around the world. As chemical pesticide use becomes less desired, there is a need for alternative methods of pest control. Inspired by the natural adhesiveness of arthropod trapping plants, we examined the efectiveness of adhesive droplets …

Kalambo District in the Rukwa region of Tanzania is an important sunflower-growing area in the country. Several initiatives have been launched to develop the sunflower subsector, and more are planned. The key challenge facing farmers is increased productivity. This can be achieved by ensuring that their …

Een verhaal over de toepassing van automatische beeldherkenning en de detectie van soorten op basis van DNA dat in de omgeving aanwezig is, oftewel eDNA.

Kalumwange Farm Block is the largest farm block in the Western Province of Zambia. The farm block is situated in the Kaoma district, and small-scale farmers mainly occupy it. With a size of 100,000 hectares, on average, Kalumwange Farm Block produces over 1,242,000 kilograms of maize. This is in a farming …

Determineren is een belangrijk onderdeel van Integrated Pest Management. Als we niet weten om welk dier het gaat, wetten we niet hoe het leeft, of het schadelijk is en wat we eraan kunnen doen. De meeste determinaties worden aan de hand van uiterlijke kenmerken gedaan, maar er is nog een veelbelovende …

In de zoektocht naar de grenzen van de toelaatbaarheid van het gedrag en de gevolgen die dat gedrag hebben, doorlopen kinderen verschillende fases. In dit document staan de fases die de Hildegaertschool doorloopt om kinderen met elkaar te leren omgaan, met een toenemend sturende rol voor de leerkracht. …

This thesis is a part of BEESPOKE, an international initiative to reverse the decline of wild pollinators and create more resilient agroecosystems by providing expertise, tools and financial knowledge to land managers and policy makers. The severe decline of pollinators and other beneficial insects is …

Insect hyperparasitoids are fourth trophic level organisms that commonly occur in terrestrial food webs, yet they are relatively understudied. These top-carnivores can disrupt biological pest control by suppressing the populations of their parasitoid hosts, leading to pest outbreaks, especially in confined …

This report presents a case study assessing the coping strategies of small-scale farmers to fall army worm (FAW) outbreak. The fall army worm spodoptera frugiperda is a migratory pest from America with over 100 years prevalence, the pest is relatively new to the African continent whose presence was first …

Past decades traditional agricultural landscapes characterized by a wide variety of grasslands, field boundaries, watercourses, and trees started to disappear. Population growth required an ever-increasing demand for food and traditional agricultural systems were converted to monocultures. With this …