2019 has seen the publication of much of the research carried out during the Darwin and McKnight funded phases of the project to enhance insect-derived ecosystem services on bean smallholder farms in East Africa.

The following publications are all now available online, many of them free to view:

Chancellor, T. C., Priebe, J. S., & Mkenda, P. A. (2019). Crowdsourcing field observations from smallholder farmers in Tanzania using interactive voice response. Outlooks on Pest Management, 30(3), 104-110.

Elisante, F., Ndakidemi, P. A., Arnold, S. E., Belmain, S. R., Gurr, G. M., Darbyshire, I., Xie, G., Tumbo, J. & Stevenson, P. C. (2019). Enhancing knowledge among smallholders on pollinators and supporting field margins for sustainable food security. Journal of Rural Studies, 70, 75-86.

Mkenda, P. A., Ndakidemi, P. A., Stevenson, P. C., Arnold, S. E., Belmain, S. R., Chidege, M., Gurr, G.M. & Woolley, V. C. (2019). Characterization of hymenopteran parasitoids of Aphis fabae in an African smallholder bean farming system through sequencing of COI ‘mini-barcodes’. Insects, 10(10), 331.

Mkenda, P. A., Ndakidemi, P. A., Mbega, E., Stevenson, P. C., Arnold, S. E., Gurr, G. M., & Belmain, S. R. (2019). Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps. PeerJ, 7, e8091.

Mkenda, P. A., Ndakidemi, P. A., Stevenson, P. C., Arnold, S. E., Belmain, S. R., Chidege, M., & Gurr, G. M. (2019). Field margin vegetation in tropical African bean systems harbours diverse natural enemies for biological pest control in adjacent crops. Sustainability, 11(22), 6399.
 
It is exciting to be able to share findings and outcomes from the project more widely via publications.