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ArticleHeliyon2022

The need for alternative pest management methods to mitigate risks among cocoa farmers in the Volta region, Ghana.

Michael K Miyittah, Richard K Kosivi, Samuel Kofi Tulashie, Maxwell N Addi, Josephine Y Tawiah

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Michael K MiyittahDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Richard K KosiviDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Samuel Kofi TulashieDepartment of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry Unit, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Maxwell N AddiDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Josephine Y TawiahDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study is to assess the adoption of alternative pest management methods to reduce risks among cocoa farmers in the Volta region. Cultural control methods found to be the most practiced alternative pest management, especially in the Ho West district where majority of the farmers were more knowledgeable of alternative pest control methods. There was significant relationship between agrochemical shop services (χ

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Alternative pest managementCocoaPesticidePPERiskVolta

Identifiers

PMID36619426
PMCPMC9817169

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