• Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) / DK/ beneficial insects/ whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum), thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and two spotted spidermite (Tetranychus urticae)
• Biological pest and disease control to respect human and environmental health

• Technical result: Pro active monitoring allows well controlled pest and disease populations
• Economic result: Residue free specialty tomatoes at higher market price
• Sustainability (ecological, social and economical) Gains:

• • Reduction in reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides
    
  • Increased biodiversity enabling more resilient greenhouse tomato cropping systems
    
  • Minimised freshwater consumption
    

• • Enables worker and consumer health and wellbeing
    
  • Promotes quality nutritious tomato production
    
  • Demonstrates good governance for fellow growers
    

• • Supports farmers’ livelihood and value distribution
    
  • Improvement of financial viability