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Trends in West African Pesticide Markets

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  • Haggblade, Steven
  • Diarra, Amadou

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West African countries import roughly $900 million worth of pesticide products each year (Table 1). Because most suppliers do not manufacture pesticide active ingredients domestically, these import figures provide the best available estimate of wholesale market value. In terms of product composition, herbicides dominate, accounting for over 60% of total pesticide use (Table 1). Herbicides kill weeds and thus substitute primarily for hand weeding labor, which has historically dominated farmers’ weed control efforts. Insecticides account for a further 26% of pesticides used. Fungicides and other pest control products, such as nematicides and rodenticides, account for the remaining 12% of pesticides applied by West African farmers.

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  • Haggblade, Steven & Diarra, Amadou, 2017. "Trends in West African Pesticide Markets," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 264401, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.264401
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    1. Steven Haggblade & Bart Minten & Carl Pray & Thomas Reardon & David Zilberman, 2017. "The Herbicide Revolution in Developing Countries: Patterns, Causes, and Implications," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(3), pages 533-559, July.
    2. Diarra, Amadou & Tasie , Oyinkan, 2017. "National Implementation of Regional Pesticide Policies in West Africa: Ghana Case Study Report," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 264391, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
    3. Haggblade, Steven & Diallo, Boubacar & Diarra, Amadou & Keita, Naman & Tasie, Oyinkan & Traoré, Abdramane, 2017. "National Implementation Of Regional Pesticide Policies: Mali Case Study Report," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 259550, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
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