Dramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost- per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa

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dc.creatorBello-Bravo, J.
dc.creatorMedendorp, J.
dc.creatorLutomia, Anne Namatsi
dc.creatorReeves, N.P.
dc.creatorCeli, V.G.
dc.creatorTamò, Manuele
dc.creatorPittendrigh, B.R.
dc.date2022-12
dc.date2022-11-09T11:01:43Z
dc.date2022-11-09T11:01:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:55:10Z
dc.descriptionWhile traditional scaling for integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa requires the movement of expert trainers from village to village, these efforts are often costly, time-inefficient, hampered by distance, and became impossible under COVID-19's movement restrictions (despite tremendously increased public need for IPM-scaling knowledge). One solution to this dilemma is IPM-scaling, usable by a diversity of development actors expending limited or few resources, to deliver critical information to large numbers of people with systems-approach information and communication technologies. This paper describes one such systems-approach scaling platform, Scientific Animations Without Borders, which effectively elicited end-user solution-adoption and decreased unit costs over increasing scales in three African countries during COVID-19. How to scale game-changing IPM insights ‘off the shelf’ and ‘into people’s hands in the field’ is also discussed.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/117412
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBello-Bravo, J., Medendorp, J., Lutomia, A.N., Reeves, N.P., Celi, V.G., Tamò, M. & Pittendrigh, B.R. (2022). Dramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost-per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 54: 100971, 1-7.
dc.subjectintegrated pest management
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpests of plants
dc.subjectafrica
dc.titleDramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost- per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa
dc.typeJournal Article

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