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# Systems Thinking for In-Depth Insect Pest Identification in Vegetable Farming through Collaborative Diversity Initiatives with Farmers

## Details

**Authors** Adusei et al.

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Agriculture & Food

**Secondary disciplines** Education

**Reading level** technical

**Kind of engagement** scholarly

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1459) 
10.4148/2831-5960.1459

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Produced a DSRP-underpinned, multi-modal pest-identification training and assessment design in which each rule maps to a specific learning objective — distinguishing beneficial from harmful insects, situating pests in farm ecosystems, tracing interactions, and reconciling farmer viewpoints.

## Commentary

### In short

Uses DSRP, paired with backward design, as the theoretical scaffold for an extension training programme teaching Sub-Saharan African vegetable farmers to identify insect pests.

### Response

Uses DSRP with backward design as the scaffold for an extension training program for Sub-Saharan African vegetable farmers, with each rule mapped to a specific learning objective — distinguishing beneficial from harmful insects, situating pests in farm ecosystems, tracing interactions, reconciling farmer viewpoints.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

Shows it makes a difference

**Added** 2026-08-23

**How to cite this** Adusei et al. (2025). Systems Thinking for In-Depth Insect Pest Identification in Vegetable Farming through Collaborative Diversity Initiatives with Farmers. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education.