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    Research and Development of Biopesticides: Challenges and Prospects
    (Outlooks on Pest Management, 2019) Ndolo, Dennis; Njuguna, Elizabeth; Oluwaseun Adetunji, Charles; Harbor, Chioma; Rowe, Arielle; Breeyen, Alana Den; Sangeetha, Jeyabalan; Singh, Gurpreet; Szewczyk, Boguslaw; Anjorin, Toba S.; Thangadurai, Devarajan; Hospet, Ravichandra
    Even though pesticides have greatly contributed to boosting agricultural productivity and farmer income over the years, there have been concerns about the safety of some of these pest control products. Besides, there has been a growing demand for good quality and safe food in the recent past – as reflected in the stringent regulations on pesticide residue levels in produce (Damalas & Koutrobas, 2018). Biopesticides in comparison with conventional synthetic chemical pesticides are usually less toxic, generally affect only the target pest and closely related organisms, are often effective in relatively small quantities and decompose faster, resulting in lower exposure. Consequently, over the last few years, biopesticides have attracted global attention as a safer pest control strategy (Arora et al., 2016) for incorporation into Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes. Besides, in the last decade, adoption of IPM programmes has significantly enhanced pest management practices and, in some cases, reduced pesticide use, consequently reducing the rise in demand for synthetic chemical pesticides.