2013/01/01 by Jean‐Philippe Deguine, Deguine, Jean-Philippe, Xavier Augusseau +10
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #African Botany and Ecology Studies #Agriculture and Rural Development Research #Agroécologie #Insect behavior and control techniques #La Réunion #Mouches des légumes #Protection des cultures #Recherche-développement
paper · doi:10.17180/j9kd-ve16
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/17
Gamour is a Research & Development project that aims at managing Cucurbit fruit flies in Reunion Island. It relies on an agroecological approach. Gamour is characterized, on one hand, by a diversified partnership and, on the other hand, by technical innovations in crop protection (augmentorium, trap plants, adulticide baits, sexual trapping). Established from 2009 to 2011 in three pilot villages (Salazie, Entre-Deux and Petite-Ile) and in five organic farms, the project has given encouraging results. Numerous knowledge was obtained in fly bioecology and in new techniques of protection. Teaching, student supervision, actor training and public sensitization were also highlighted in Gamour project. From a social and economical point of view, farmers could remove chemical insecticides that were intensively spread on crops before the project; crops losses were significantly reduced as well as the time spent for crop protection. Extension of these techniques is now planned to the other parts of the island. This project, which contributes to the Ecophyto plan, was nationally rewarded (“Trophées de l’agriculture 2011”) and it strengthened collaborations between the partners. Gamour not only contributes to the development of organic agriculture in the Reunion Island, but is also a first step to other initiatives aiming at reducing or removing pesticides.