Title

Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya

Summary

the study explores the reasons behind the slow adoption of IPM in developing countries, taking Kenya as a case study, it claims that there is poor involvement of farming communities in the dissemination of information awareness raising.

َAuthor

Constantine, Kate ; Makale, Fernadis ; Mugambi, Idah ; Rware, Harrison ; Chacha, Duncan ; Lowry, Alyssa ; Rwomushana, Ivan ; Williams, Frances

Year

2023

َThematic Area

Agri-Food

Topic

Pesticides and Misinformation

Country

Barbados

Region

Africa

Misinformation Combatting

Cross Cutting

Place Published

LONDON

Publisher

Springer Nature

Journal

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00161-7

URL

https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00161-7

APA 7th End Text Citation

Constantine, K., Makale, F., Mugambi, I., Rware, H., Chacha, D., Lowry, A., Rwomushana, I., & Williams, F. (2023). Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 4(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00161-7