In 2007, the BioResources Group worked closely with BCPC and IPPC to examine advances in crop management technology and how these advances impact upon the alleviation of poverty in the less developed countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. As part of this collaboration SCI staged a one-day session at the XVI International Plant Protection Congress in association with the BCPC International Congress - Crop Science & Technology 2007, held at the SECC in Glasgow on 15 - 18 October 2007.
Specific topics in this one day session included:-
- Recent advances in development, evaluation and promotion of pest management technologies in smallholder agriculture in developing countries;
- Impacts of adoption of pest management technologies on poverty alleviation;
- The role of the private sector, particularly the agrochemical industry, in evaluation of technologies and delivery of knowledge and products to smallholders;
- The importance of training and education in ensuring the successful implementation of changed farming practice.
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