Development and distribution of the commercial prototype of a biopesticide based on virus JLZ9F, to control the presence of Tecia solanivora in the Ecuadorian Andes

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-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-022: Andean pests 09-025: Climate risk management 09-029: Native potato seed systems 09-033: Agrobiodiversity and nutrition 09-168: Food security 09-169: Communal ag. risk mgt. 09-1100: On-farm conservation 09-1203: Quinoa sustainability 09-1204: Quinoa II 10-867: Andean grains II 10-880: Organic groundnut II 10-881: Water security II 11-381: Sustainable agriculture 11-382: Community baskets II 11-405: Lupine pest management ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 01-1563: Andean tubers (Peru) 05-112: Biodiversity and soil 05-112: Cover agriculture 05-112: Green manures/legumes 05-112: Lupin/quinoa 05-112: Native potato 05-112: Potato moth 05-112: Seed systems 06-016: Quinoa 07-702: Nutrition support 07-1209: Soil nutrient budgets 09-005: Organic groundnut 09-016: Andean grains 09-032: Water security 09-170: Self-sufficiency 09-181: Biopesticide/potato moth 09-955: Community baskets

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-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 08-019: Sweetpotato breeding 09-460: Chickpea/banana 09-480: Cowpea 09-500: Banana Xanthomonas wilt 09-517: Grain amaranth 09-595: Semi-arid AEI 10-333: Sorghum 10-401: Finger millet II 10-423: Tef II 10-473: Legumes 10-689: Napier stunt 10-690: Participatory video 11-283: Enset bacterial wilt 11-404: Biochar ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 06-447: Cereal roots 06-448: Tef/finger millet

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-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-262: Groundnut PHVC 09-273: Bruchid management 09-297: Botanical pesticides/legumes 09-1086: P-efficient legumes II 09-1206: Cowpea/Alectra II 09-1207: Groundnut breeding II 09-1231: Legume best bets II 10-531: Bean seed II 10-713: Climbing beans II 10-714: Bambara groundnuts II 10-889: PV groundnut ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 05-780: P-efficient legumes 06-740: Legume best bets 06-741: Cowpea/Alectra 06-742: Groundnut breeding 06-743: Bean seed 06-744: Climbing beans 09-298: Soil fertility mgt. 09-299: Bambara groundnuts

»West Africa CoP

-select a project- ---------------------- CURRENT PROJECTS 09-036: GIMEM 09-451: P-efficient cowpea 09-465: Technology introduction 09-495: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato 10-134: Sorghum/millet II 10-135: Seed systems II 10-140: An Be Jigi II 10-231: Soil/water manag. 10-332: Fonio 11-599: Sorghum/millet proc.II 11-600: Bambara productivity II ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 05-009: Sweetpotato 06-011: Insect pest management 06-012: Nutrition 06-013: Grain legumes 06-014: Sorghum/millet improv. 06-015: Seed systems 09-437: Bambara productivity 09-450: Sorghum/millet proc.

»Non-CoP projects

-select a project- ---------------------- PAST PROJECTS 00-1071: Milpa 01-1564: Wheat scab 02-026: Wolbachia 02-027: Chickpea 02-246: Indigenous vegetables 02-460: Potato 02-476: Sweetpotato diversity 02-644: Finger millet 02-778: Legumes 05-781: Rice biodiversity

Project leader

Jovanny Suquillo, Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Ecuador

Funding dates

8/29/2009-8/28/2011

Previous/current project phases

Overview

The Carchi province of Ecuador produces the majority of potato for the country and also has the highest levels of agrochemical use, thus it is a logical place to conduct trials for a new biopesticide for control of potato moth.

This project takes advantage of a local network of students, governmental officials and farmers’ organizations led by INIAP researchers that can be mobilized to produce, test, study and disseminate the semi-commercial quantities that can then be scaled up to national distribution. While the initial product was developed in the first phase of this project, there are still many unknowns on how to best produce and distribute this product, which is applied to seed potato in storage.  This project will research aspects such as packaging, pricing and distribution channels for the final product.

This Andes COP project contributes to the regional strategy of using Agro-Ecological Intensification to achieve greater yields while not sacrificing environmental and health aims.

Regional Strategy

This Andes COP project contributes to the regional strategy of using Agro-Ecological Intensification to achieve greater yields while not sacrificing environmental and health aims.

Project aim and results

• Validate and position biopesticide use in the management system of seed potato farmers in Carchi province.
• Develop a pilot process for biopesticide marketing at the local level in the province of Carchi
• Place biopesticide in the National Register of Pesticides AGROCALIDAD, prior to marketing.
• Ensure a biopesticide production of semi-commercial level to meet the needs of usability testing and implementation in the province of Carchi and introduction in the other provinces.
• Identify and characterize new viral strains for control of potato moth.

New technology produced/knowledge achieved

• Signed an agreement to use government facilities in Carchi to produce the Biopesticide in the future.
• The potato producers’ association CONPAPA has been using the biopesticide on all seeds and is committed to the product.

Project annual reports

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