This series of two-page brief highlights some of the new technologies and processes available, in order to inspire practitioners and policy-makers to put them to use. This one describes how simple traps made from small plastic jerrycans and baited with pheromones give farmers a valuable early warning system against the legume pod borer. The pod borer moth’s caterpillars cause devastating losses in cowpea. But, catching a certain number of adult moths in traps lets farmers know that caterpillars will soon appear in their fields and that they should spray their crops in the next few days.
For further information on the research described in this Showcase, see also this output.