[IPM Implementation Workshop for West Africa: workshop proceedings, Accra, Ghana, 1992]
1994
Pests are responsible for enormous losses in crop production worldwide. Synthetic pesticides however, as well as potentially being harmful to human and animal health and damaging to the environment, are very costly for farmers in developing countries. Integrated pest management is a strategy which keeps pests at an economic threshold level through the integration of a number of control techniques, and as such, is the most suitable strategy for resource-poor farmers. The IPM workshop, held in Accra, Ghana in April-May 1992, brought together pest management specialists and policy-makers from the region, together with representatives from donor and non-governmental organizations. Participants discussed the current constraints to the implementation of IPM and devised guidelines for overcoming these constraints and for strengthening national capabilities in IPM implementation
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