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| Title | Study on the Production Possibilities of Botanical Pesticides in Developing African Countries. |
| Abstract | Expert report on potential production and use of botanical pesticides (plant products) in developing countries of Africa - (1) assesses statistical and technical trends as well as possibilities for industrial production of such pesticides (2) main problems in agriculture in DCs; economic, geographical and climatic factors; main crops (3) most important potential pesticides of biological origin (4) criteria for setting up a pesticides industry based on domestic plants (5) need for international cooperation in this field. Diagrams, bibliography; list of plants having pest control properties. Additional references: research programmes, equipment, pyrethrum, pollution control. |
| Date | 1990 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Pages | 104 pages |
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