Controlling cotton pests: Saving the 2024-2025 cotton growing season with conventional biopesticides?

For days, social networks have been flooded with videos showing the preparation of a traditional remedy designed to combat jassie, these cotton pests. Made from tobacco leaves, chili peppers, garlic, neem seeds and iron bark, the effectiveness of this mixture has been proven, can it save the 2024-2025 cotton planting season?

Some sources put the cost of producing the syrup at around 25,000 FCFA per hectare, which, if true, is a figure prohibitive for most farmers.
Furthermore, if any invention is to be proven effective through rigorous certification, the availability of sufficient quantities of materials required for its preparation remains in doubt. Experts say this is not the case. Therefore, urgent measures must be taken to save the countryside and protect the country’s thousands of hectares of cotton. In this critical context, visual management cannot be a viable strategy. The authorities must find an alternative solution for the Jassid family.

Of course, there are risks associated with using chemical pesticides, but they are well known and can be managed by following the instructions on the packaging and using them appropriately.
Rural Economy (I) Can the authorities take appropriate measures to avoid damage to the national cotton campaign? This situation requires quick and decisive action to protect this important sector of our economy.