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Biological Monitoring of Arabica Coffee Pests in the Mt. Elgon Area

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Publication date
18/06/2010
Number of Pages
17
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Commodity:
Crops
Author
P. Kucel, S. Kyamanywa, J.A. Ogwang, N. Uringi and J. Kovach
Organization
NARO-MAK-IPM CRS-APEP Collaborative Research Initaitive

This presentation details a program to develop an integrated pest management (IPM) research program for major insect pests and diseases of arabica coffee in teh Mt. Elgon region of Uganda.

This project was comprised of two components:

Component 1: Biological and production baseline surveys of arabica coffee in the Mt. Elgon area

Component 2: Biological monitoring of arabica coffee pests in the Mt. Elgon area