ADAPPT is a project supported by a European Union grant through the ACP Science and Technology Programme to establish a network of scientists and agricultural technicians, from NGOs, agricultural institutes, ministries and universities from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom with a focus on pesticidal plants* as environmentally benign and safer alternatives to synthetic pesticides. The specific partners are listed on the Partners page of this website. ADAPPT will:

1. Establish an intra-African network with linkages to international networks,
2. Build capacity to assess research needs to facilitate the formulation and implementation of research policies associated with pesticidal plants and to prepare and submit project proposals for new funding opportunities, and
3. Enhance the research capacity and incentive of the network partners and so increase the quality and impact of research results and disseminated outputs.

This action will address Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8 by targeting poverty eradication at the small-scale farming level, building and enhancing strong scientific and technological capacity in agriculture, chemistry, biodiversity conservation, and plant physiology. This will support research, development and innovation in the ACP region, and enable the identification and formulation of activities or policies that are critical to sustainable development related to habitat conservation, pesticide regulations, indigenous knowledge and implementing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

Other pages on this website will provide updates of project's progress as well as provide information on the optimal use of pesticidal plants, particularly in dryland habitats across Africa. Background information about pesticidal plants and links to other important sources of information on plants used for their pesticidal properties can also be found here.

International Conference on Pesticidal Plants
We are happy to announce the first international conference on pesticidal plants is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya from the 18th to 21st of February,2013. The conference is being held at and hosted by the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) on their Duduville campus just outside Nairobi. See the Conference page where all the information about the conference will be posted. You can be kept up to date by "liking" the Facebook page below and choosing to be notified of important updates. We hope to see you at ICIPE in February 2013.

Subscribe to the Pesticidal Plants Network email forum This is an email and website forum to post announcements and queries related to the use of pesticidal plants in agriculture, particularly their use in vegetable gardens, in grain storage and against livestock ectoparasites (ticks, mites). Members of this group may be scientists or extensionists involved in research and promotion of pesticidal plants or end users wishing to share their experiences or learn more about pesticidal plants through discussion and sharing of information with other group members.

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*This project considers pesticidal plants (a.k.a. botanical pesticides, ethno-botanicals) to be all plant materials (e.g., roots, leaves, seeds, flowers etc.) that require only rudimentary preparation (e.g., powdered, water extracted) which farmers can use to reduce field crop damage, stored product losses and livestock mortality/morbidity.

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Farmers in Malawi preparing extracts of botanical pesticides for spraying on to their vegetable crops.

Farmers in Ghana making choices on which pesticidal plants they prefer to use for protecting their stored maize crops.