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Pests and integrated pest management in western Equatoria, southern Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

J. Robinson
J. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Tick-aho, Joroisniemenkehätie, 79600, Joroinen, Finland
*
*Email: jrobinson@tiscalinet.it

Abstract

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Southern Sudan has tremendous agricultural potential, particularly in the high rainfall green belt of western Equatoria that borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A wide range of tropical and semi-tropical crops is grown there in a variety of complex cropping systems. Although a long civil war severely disrupted agriculture in the region, there is now hope that the recent peace accord will return stability and agriculture will remain a mainstay of a revived economy in western Equatoria. The environment supports crop production, but pests and diseases also thrive, although very little has been recorded about them. This article represents the sole record of an agricultural insect pest collection and disease notes assembled at Yei over several years in the early 1980s, but which were destroyed during the civil war. It is hoped that these notes will be useful in addressing biotic constraints to rehabilitation of agriculture in western Equatoria. Traditional methods of pest and disease management will be particularly important given the poor state of the economy, the need to produce crops for subsistence farming and the relative geographical isolation and poor communications that characterize southern Sudan. Le sud du Soudan offre d'énormes potentialités de développement agricole, en particulier dans la ceinture verte humide de la région Ouest de l'Equateur qui borde la République Démocratique du Congo. Une large gamme de cultures tropicales et subtropicales y est cultivée selon une grande variété de systèmes culturaux complexes. Bien qu'une longue guerre civile ait sévèrement perturbé l'agriculture de la région, il y a maintenant un espoir que les accords de paix récemment signés rétablissent la stabilité et que l'agriculture puisse constituer la base d'un renouveau économique dans l'Ouest de l'Equateur. L'environnement est favorable á la production agricole, mais également au développement des ravageurs et des maladies, bien que nous ayons très peu d'informations. Cet article constitue une source unique d'informations sur les insectes ravageurs et les maladies des cultures répertoriées pendant plusieurs années au début des années 80 dans la région de Yei, mais dont les notes ont été détruites pendant la guerre civile. On espère que ces notes seront utiles pour identifier les contraintes biotiques et permettre la réhabilitation de l'agriculture dans l'Ouest de l'Equateur. Les méthodes traditionnelles de gestion des ravageurs et des maladies seront particulièrement importantes compte tenu du mauvais état de l'économie, du besoin de produire des cultures de subsistance, du relatif isolement géographique et des mauvaises communications qui caractérisent le sud du Soudan.

Keywords

agriculturediseasespestsintegrated pest managementsouthern Sudan
Type
Guest Editorial
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 224 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 2005

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