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A questionnaire survey of 100 smallscale cotton growers was conducted in two cotton-growing provinces of Mozambique to assess the constraints faced by the farmers in relation to the timing of insecticide application. The results showed that majority of the farmers started spraying too early (four weeks after germination) and were unaware that such sprays reduced the population of natural enemies of...