Defining biotechnological solutions for insect control in sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBotha, Anna-Mariaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKunert, Karl J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMaling’a, Joyceen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFoyer, Christine H.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-13T07:37:17Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T07:37:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Botha, A., et al. 2019. Defining biotechnological solutions for insect control in sub-Saharan Africa. Food and Energy Security 9(1), doi:10.1002/fes3.191
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20483694
dc.description.abstractAfrica is burdened by food insecurity with nearly a billion people suffering from starvation, undernutrition, and malnutrition. Climate change prediction models forecast changes in rainfall patterns and rising temperature regimes, with impacts particularly on Southern and East Africa. These predictions are especially concerning for the production of major food crops, such as maize, sorghum, millet, and groundnut, because median temperature increases are associated with increased pest pressure and changes in migratory patterns. These factors will result in significantly more pest invasions and an increased need for innovative insect management practices. This review focuses on pest control strategies, highlighting important examples, their economic impact, and new alternative pest control strategies. African policymakers remain hesitant to move forward with establishing biosafety laws and commercializing GM crops, and it is often difficult to implement regulatory measures in smallholder agriculture to increase efficacy.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fes3.191
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent21 pages : illustrations (some color), mapsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBotha, A., et al. 2019. Defining biotechnological solutions for insect control in sub-Saharan Africa. Food and Energy Security, doi:10.1002/fes3.191
dc.identifier.issn2048-3694 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1002/fes3.191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123023
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley Open Access
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectBiotechnologyen_ZA
dc.subjectClimatic changes -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.subjectCRISPR/Casen_ZA
dc.subjectDiuraphis noxiaen_ZA
dc.subjectFall armyworm -- Effect of insecticides onen_ZA
dc.subjectIntegrated pest managementen_ZA
dc.subjectInvasive pestsen_ZA
dc.subjectiRNAen_ZA
dc.subjectResistance breedingen_ZA
dc.subjectRussian wheat aphid -- Biological controlen_ZA
dc.subjectSpodoptera frugiperdaen_ZA
dc.subjectFood security -- Climatic factors -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.titleDefining biotechnological solutions for insect control in sub-Saharan Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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