The use of agricultural chemicals to control insect pests and diseases in crops is the most effective method. However, with the increase of lifestyle diseases like cancer linked to the use of ...

Harmful insect pests can cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to food and livestock and transmit diseases such as malaria or the Zika virus. Finding ways to effectively control these insect ...

Research carried out in Mali, West Africa, has demonstrated that a new, safe and uncomplicated insect control method, developed by researchers in Israel, can bring about a serious decline in ...

Insects possess a naturally occurring resistance to the use of gene-editing technology to prevent diseases such as malaria, new research shows. Researchers are exploring the use of the revolutionary ...

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Esther Ndumi Ngumbi is a 2015 Food Security Fellow with the New Voices, Aspen Institute Insect pests cause almost half of the crop losses in Africa. If the continent is to feed its growing population, ...