Results of a participative innovation and qualification process to the coffee berry borer agroecological management adoption in Cuba

Abstract

The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) has transformed into the main pest of this cultivation in the country from half-filled of the years ninety and its management has been used the endosulfan insecticide, the elimination of infested fruits and the use of the entomopathogen fungi Beauveria bassiana, among other practical. Due to the necessity of trafficking toward the sustainable caficulture, it was carried out a participatory innovation and qualification project and to achieve the adoption of agroecological practices in the coffee berry borer management, which was executed during the years 2005-2008 in the 27 coffee municipalities of the country, with the participation of technicians and caficultors. The adoption of 36 agroecological practices was achieved for the coffee berry borer management, of which four depend on biological products that are acquired outside of the production system and the rest they are carried out totally by the caficultor; of these, 35% has been adopted in more than 64,0 Thousands of hectares (more than 80% of the coffee area of the country).There was a reduction of more than 80% of the use of the endosulfan insecticide (0,4% of the area of coffee of the country in 2008) and the infestation index of the pest decreased at levels below 5%.