Imports of pesticides, especially herbicides, almost tripled in value across West Africa between 2005 and 2015. This remarkable increase has been driven by falling prices of generic pesticides, rising costs of farm labour for weeding, rising demand for farm produce, and the recent invasion of an exotic pest from the Americas, the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda).

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规范农业集约化：西非快速增长的农药市场的经验教训

2005 年至 2015 年间，西非的杀虫剂，尤其是除草剂的进口价值几乎翻了三倍。 这一显着增长是由仿制药价格下跌、农场除草劳动力成本上升、农产品需求增加以及最近的入侵推动的来自美洲的外来害虫秋粘虫（草地夜蛾）。