Strengthened capacity of NARS to design and execute IPM R and D, to apply molecular tools for pathogen and pest detection, diagnosis, diversity studies and to device novel disease and pest management strategies: Output 3
Participatory rice breeding, using population improvement: a new methodology adapted to the needs of small farmers in Central America and the Caribbean
Biophysical and socioeconomic processes understood, principles, concepts and methods developed for protecting and improving the health and fertility of soils: Output 1
Whiteflies as pests of annual crops in the tropical highlands of Latin America. Insecticide resistance in Colombia and Ecuador
Special topics on pest and disease management. Biological control of whiteflies by indigenous natural enemies for major food crops in the neotropics