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An approach to establishing improved private extension-service provision for smallholder horticultural producers in Kenya was developed between 2003 and 2005 by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and Natural Resources Institute in the UK, in collaboration with EurepGAP FoodPLUS GmbH and the House of Quality-South Africa, international NGOs, export companies, and out-grower farmer groups. The approach focused on good agricultural practices, food safety, EU regulations on maximum pesticide-residue limits, and the EurepGAP Standard. The approach is not a blueprint, but the lessons learned are applicable to similar smallholder production systems in other African countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A follow-up of a Baculovirus oryctes release into the population of Oryctes monoceros in coconut plantations in Tanzania has been made to clarify important points which were not fully considered in an earlier publication. The low recovery of virus-infected field-collected beetles (29%) suggested that the release of B. oryctes virus was not a suitable method for the control of O. monoceros. The relatively dry conditions in the coconut growing areas were partly contributory since the virus is non-occluded. No significant and sustainable reduction in frond damage was obtained after the virus had established itself in the natural O. monoceros population. The status of O. monoceros as a serious pest of coconut is also revised since the beetle affects young plantations more than older plantations and control methods can be directed at picking up feeding insects by hooking and disposal of breeding sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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