icipe in collaboration with its partners has developed and implemented biological control (BC) of stemborers, including the release of a natural enemy, which has now spread widely in Kenya. The SSIA Unit is using a combination of economic surplus approach with econometric methods, to conduct rigorous assessment of the aggregate economic and poverty impacts of the BC.
Donor:
- Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID)
Collaborators:
- University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute