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Links News websites An overview of the ADAPPT project appears on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew website: Pesticidal plants in Miombo woodlands Botanical pesticides gain wider acceptance. A report in Agriculture Business Week argues that commercial needs for botanical pesticides are growing. Pesticidal plants help poorer farmers reduce crop losses. CABI blog reports on the ADAPPT project and related research activities on pesticidal plants carried out by team members. Botanic information websites Flora Zambesiaca database with mainly taxonomic and distribution information, managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The SEPASAL database of semi-arid plants including ecological, geographical and conservation information as well as documented uses, managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The ICRAF Agro-forestTree database The Flora of Zimbabwe website
Pesticidal plant websites Neem product website - Naturally African
Donor websites The British Council DelPHE fund
ADAPPT partner websites Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK Egerton University, Kenya University of British Columbia, Canada Southern
Alliance For Indigenous Resources, SAFIRE ICIPE- African Insect Science for Food and Health, Kenya Department of Agricultural Research, Malawi Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, India Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
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