Projects
RMCA has been involved in numerous projects over the past decades, addressing several topics of research including taxonomy, phylogeny, speciation, host plant range and specialization, biogeography and predictive distribution modeling, pest detection, monitoring, pest control and management, etc.
Also networking has been an important element trying to initiate and support South-South collaboration between research institutions in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Additional information on the different activities can be found on the Africamuseum’s website or on dedicated websites of the projects:
Current projects
- AGROVEG
Agroecological methodology in VEGetable crops.
- DISPEST
Redefining DISpersal potential for adequate fruit fly PEST management.
- FF-IPM
In-silico boosted, pest prevention and off-season focus IPM against new and emerging fruit flies (‘OFF-Season’ FF-IPM).
- TEPHRISURV
Developing effective methods for the surveillance of non-European Tephritids on Belgian territory.
- REACT
- F³ - FRUIT FLY FREE
Establishment and maintenance of fruit production areas free and under low prevalence of fruit fly pests in Southern Africa (full proposal)
- ISeBAF
Insect Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming.
- InsectMOOD
Insect Museum Open -omic Database.
Past projects
- SYMDIV
Symbiont Diversity and Feeding Strategies in Insect Agricultural Pests.
- NSS RAAC
- ERAFRICA
- FRUITFLYNET
Monitoring network for fruit flies in Southeast Africa.
Visit to cucurbit fields in La Réunion within the framework of the AGROVEG project.
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Professor D. Cugala (left, Mondlane University Mozambique) and Professor M. Mwatawala (right, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) inspecting grapes in the northern Cape during a networking visit.
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Trapping survey in southern Tanzania along the coast within the framework of AGROVEG project.
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