The continued use of pesticides in the production of cuttings of floriculture crops in East-Africa negatively affects early predator establishment in the subsequent flower production phase in the Netherlands. In this project new strategies will be developed for the establishment of ‘standing armies’ of generalist predators in the different links of the international floriculture value chain, with main emphasis on the control of thrips and aphids. Cut chrysanthemum will be used as a model crop.