Cross Border Technology Transfer-A Case Study With TNAU
Trapping Technologies In Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa
For The Management Of Stored Product Insects
 

Amsalu Debebe¹, S.Mohan^2*, S.Kuttalam², Raja Nagappan^1
1Department of Applied Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa
²Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu (INDIA)

Timely detection of stored grain insects using behavioural tools like probe traps, pit fall traps, pulse beetle traps etc., play a great role in managing these insects. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India being one of the pioneering institutes in the world, made attempt to introduce tools in Ehtiopia, Africa where these insects are considered to be important in the food and nutritional security. The results showed the usefulness of these tools in monitoring and management of stored grain insects in Ethiopia farms too.