“This is because usually the cost of production of natural enemies (parasitoids, predators, and microbials) in the laboratories is compared to the cost of available synthetic chemical pesticides,” he says. Muni Muniappan, Ph.D., director of IPM Innovation Lab, says there is a general misperception among scientists that the production and augmentative release of natural enemies is unfeasible and not cost-effective, especially in developing countries. Agency for International Development-is improving the human and institutional capacity of its host countries in Africa and Asia.
One of the major priorities of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management-located at Virginia Tech’s Center for International Research, Education, and Development and funded by the U.S. The establishment of augmentative biological control requires extensive dissemination of appropriate information and capacity building. A focused effort and investment to enhance the commercial production of biocontrol agents can improve the human and institutional capacity of developing countries. These can include predator or parasitoid insects or microbial organisms.
The aim of augmentative biological control is to manage a crop pest through inoculation and inundation of biological control agents, or natural enemies of the pest. A sustainable agricultural system could make the economies of developing countries more stable and self-dependent, and augmentative biological control provides such an opportunity.
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