Khamis Fathiya M, Ajene Inusa J
International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2025 Apr;68:101300. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101300. Epub 2024 Nov 22.
Sustainable agriculture is crucial to ensuring food and nutritional security and improving livelihoods of millions across Africa. However, agricultural production is constrained by native and invasive pests. Indiscriminate insecticide use is often the first line of action to manage these pests, harming human and animal health, and impacting biodiversity. Thus, shifting to more ecologically sustainable alternatives is key to biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture. Biological control is a core component of integrated pest management strategies, and natural enemies, like parasitoid wasps, are considered one of the most environmentally sustainable means of managing pests. However, the Anthropocene plays a significant role in the success and sustainability of this approach. Therefore, here, we provide a look at the influence of anthropological activities, the scope of the application of parasitoids as biocontrol agents of invasive pests, and the current trends in parasitoid utilization in Africa.
可持续农业对于确保非洲各地数百万人的粮食和营养安全以及改善他们的生计至关重要。然而，农业生产受到本地和入侵性害虫的制约。不加区分地使用杀虫剂往往是应对这些害虫的首要行动方案，这会损害人类和动物健康，并影响生物多样性。因此，转向更具生态可持续性的替代方案是生物多样性保护和可持续农业的关键。生物防治是综合害虫管理策略的核心组成部分，而诸如寄生蜂等天敌被认为是管理害虫的最具环境可持续性的手段之一。然而，人类世在这种方法的成功和可持续性方面起着重要作用。因此，在此我们审视人类学活动的影响、寄生蜂作为入侵性害虫生物防治剂的应用范围以及非洲目前利用寄生蜂的趋势。
