PICS 2

1. Identify agricultural commodities or other food products that suffer losses to insects during storage in developing nations for which PICS technology – in the current or modified form – might serve to prevent losses, reduce insecticide use, and add value.
2. Test the technology through collaborative projects with scientists in developing nations, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. Implement economic analyses to estimate the benefits that might accrue if the technology were optimized for the commodity in question and manufactured and adopted.
4. Develop plans to disseminate the technology for those commodities where effectiveness and economic feasibility are evident.

Dissemination will focus on grains, grain legumes, oilseeds and other crop products shown to have high potential to benefit from PICS technology. Potential agribusiness partners will include agricultural input suppliers, sack vendors, millers, food processors and grain traders. Extension partners will include NGOs, national extension services, women’s groups and farmer associations.

• Dieudonné Baributsa, PICS2 Principal Investigator, Purdue University
• Larry Murdock, PICS2 Co-Principal Investigator, Purdue University
• Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer, PICS2 Co-Principal Investigator, Purdue University
• Heather Fabriès, Program Manager, Purdue University

Entomology and Plant Pathology Researchers

• Larry Murdock, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
• Ibrahim Baoua, INRAN, Maradi, Niger
• Hippolyte Affognon, ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya
• Hari Sudini, ICRISAT, India
• Trust Kasambala, Bunda College of Agriculture, Malawi
• Dieudonne Baributsa, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
• Kerstin Hell, Consultant, IITA, Cotonou, Benin
• Charlie Woloshuk, Purdue University, USA
• Scott Williams, Purdue University, USA

Economics Researchers

• Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
• Corinne Alexander, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
• Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
• Bokar Moussa, INRAN, Maradi, Niger
• Tahirou Abdoulaye, IITA, Nigeria