[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

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

Adusei et al., 2025, Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education — Agriculture & Food

Patterns: [Distinctions](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/distinctions), [Systems](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/systems), [Relationships](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/relationships), [Perspectives](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/perspectives)

## 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.

## 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.

These researchers were not testing DSRP. The finding is theirs; the correspondence to DSRP is drawn by this site.

[Source](https://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1459)