Highlights•All indications are that the status of crop pest will increase in Africa.•Over reliance
on insecticides and Bt crops leads to evolution of resistance.•Small holder farmers are not …

Africa is burdened by food insecurity with nearly a billion people suffering from starvation,
undernutrition, and malnutrition. Climate change prediction models forecast changes in …

Insecticide-based control is still the cornerstone in the fight against agriculture pests and
pathogen vectors (eg Ragsdale et al., 2011; Desneux et al., 2022; Verheggen et al., 2022; …

Highlights•Smallholder farmers in Africa perceive pesticides as insurance to protect their
crops.•Overuse of pesticides has been constantly increasing.•Pesticide policies are …

In the past 50 years, the increasing use of insecticides in agricultural and urban settings has
brought with it increasing selection for insecticide resistance. More than 600 cases of …

Insecticide resistance is an ever‐increasing problem that threatens food production globally.
Within Australia, the grain industry has a renewed focus on resistance due to diminishing …

The third edition of Insect Resistance Management: Biology, Economics, and Prediction
expands coverage by including three new chapters on African agriculture, genetic control of …

Highlights•IPM 3.0 relies on 3 pillars: farmer empowerment, nature-based solutions,
integrative practices.•It encompasses interactions occurring at cropping system/landscape …

Abstract Changes in global temperature and humidity as a result of climate change are
producing rapid evolutionary changes in many animal species, including agricultural pests …

Pest management on a global scale experienced a total revolution after World War II when
synthetic organic compounds were in agriculture and public health. However, it soon …