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The work covered in this thesis was carried out between March 1988 and March 1991 in Kenya. The first 8 months of this 3-year study period was spent on compulsory course work and developing a research proposal under the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science at the...

The status of insect pest management on small farms in Zambia was investigated by interviewing the farmers.Field trials evaluated the timing of insecticide sprays, methods of spray application and the effect of different swath widths using the 'Electrodyn' sprayer.Farmers were aware of the insect...

Studies on the feeding behaviour of Musca tempestatum were carried out in order to investigate the biology of the fly and its relationship to the lechwe antelope. This was done by observing the fly's feeding activities on the antelope and its breeding activities on the lechwe faeces on which it...