Country after country, in Africa and elsewhere, is adopting IPM as official policy for plant protection. Nevertheless, the professionals working 'in the field' to advise farmers on behalf of government, cooperatives or NGOs, often do not know what Integrated Pest Management is and what it can mean to them. The purpose of the contest is therefore to disseminate concrete knowledge about IPM, and to encourage people to put forward examples of how IPM can be put into practice in small-scale farming in East and Southern Africa. The contest is open to Africans working in countries in East and Southern Africa. The length of the article should not exceed 5000 words, excluding a summary, tables and figure legends.
Illustrations are welcome.
PPIP shall be given copyright to prize-winning articles, and will use them as it finds suitable, either submitting them for publication or distributing them in another manner. Major changes or abbreviations will be made only with the author's consent. Annals of Applied Biology 1979-1991. Plant Pathology 1983-1989. The deadline for submitting articles is 1 February 1995.