Newton Fund - Reduced pesticide contamination of groundwater

牛顿基金 - 减少农药对地下水的污染

• 批准号: 102712
• 金额: $ 51.98万
• 依托单位: YMGYNGHORWYR LISK & JONES CYF
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=102712
• 关键词: Newton; Fund; Reduced; pesticide; contamination

Contamination of water supplies due to pesticide run-off is a major problem in Brazil. This is particularly severein cotton-growing areas because of the large amounts of pesticide used against insect pests such as the bollweevil. Furthermore, the cost of pesticides required has lead to a halving of the area of cotton grown with aconsequent loss of income for farmers, particularly in the poorer North East of the country. This project bringstogether UK and Brazilian commercial and academic partners with the aim of developing a lure-and-killtechnology for control of boll weevil and other pests. This contains a pheromone to attract specifically thetarget pest and a low loading of insecticide or biopesticide to kill it. The devices will be constructed of novelbiodegradable polymers so that they are simple and cheap to manufacture and deploy and do not need to becollected in at the end of the season. The devices will be field tested in Brazil and registered by the Brazilianpartners. Their use should greatly reduce the amount of insecticide applied to cotton and give reducedcontamination of groundwater, better and cheaper pest control and improved livelihoods for cotton growers.

在巴西，由于农药流失造成的供水污染是一个主要问题。这在棉花种植区尤为严重，因为大量杀虫剂用于防治棉铃虫等害虫。此外，所需杀虫剂的成本导致棉花种植面积减半，农民收入减少，特别是在该国较贫穷的东北部。该项目汇集了英国和巴西的商业和学术合作伙伴，目的是开发一种控制棉铃象甲和其他害虫的引诱技术。这种装置将由新型的生物可降解聚合物制成，因此制造和使用起来既简单又便宜，而且不需要在季末收集。这些设备将在巴西进行现场测试，并由巴西合作伙伴注册。它们的使用将大大减少棉花杀虫剂的使用量，减少地下水污染，更好和更便宜地控制害虫，改善棉花种植者的生计。