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Pesticidewise: mixing your pesticide spray

Pesticide usage and application on the crops affects the quality and quantity of yield produce in a given field in a given period of time. Mixing of pesticides of one‘s own require to take precautions such as choosing a mixing site that is is away from animals, children and drinking water source and consider the […]

Land management

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Training Video (Safe use of Pesticides)

Pesticide usage and application on the crops affects the quality and quantity of yield produce in a given field in a given period of time. As pesticides are substances used to prevent, control and destroy pests such as insects, weeds and diseases, there is need to take precautions before application, during application and after pesticide […]

Land management

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HOW TO CONTROL PLANT PESTS

One of the best ways to implement adequate prevention and control is through integrated pest management. Integrated pest management (IPM) is a science- based decision making process that identifies and reduces risk from pests and pest management related strategies. IPM combines multiple strategies to control pests and the impacts. This includes animals, insects and weeds. […]

Fruits

Land management

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NEW Biological control for FRUIT FLY

The larvae of the fruit fly is a farmers‘s enemy in mango farming. Infected mangoes cannot be sold to the market hence become waste in the farm and a loss to the farmer. The problem of using chemicals to control fruit fly is that when you apply the cover spray, it kills both fruit flies […]

Land management

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Promoting weaver ants in your orchard

Fruit trees are affected by insect pests which are not easily noticed by farmers making their control difficult. But promoting weaver ants protects fruit and nuts from fruit flies and other pests. Weaver ants are reddish ants that protect fruit trees by in and living in large numbers against intruders Life cycle Larvae produce silk […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

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How to cultivate rice part 2

Rice is both a cash crop and food crop grown worldwide, however its growth require key steps that if practised properly higher yields can be generated. There are several insects both beneficial and non beneficial in rice fields among the non beneficial insect pests that affect and lower rice production are stem borer, army worms. […]

Apiculture & Insects

Land management

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The wasp that protects our crops

Quinoa is a high demanded product, but caterpillars make the planting more difficult. Wasps can help to destroy caterpillars and therefore help to have a successful harvest. Many farmers in Bolivia have started to grow big fields of quinoa for the first time, because quinoa is a popular and demanded product. But since the vegetation […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

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Striga management in rice

Striga can attack plants during the season and even in the following season. So you should now how to protect your rice from striga attacks. Striga is a parasite weed which is bad for rice, maize and other cereal crops. It attacks the roots of the crops and suck their water and nutrients. Therefore, the […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

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Killing fall armyworms naturally

You can kill armyworms with natural ingredients to protect your maize. Fall armyworms eat maize leaves. They often leave behind big holes in the leaves, and sometimes feed themselves until the maize ears. This has to be taken serious. Fall armyworms can be caterpillars, which are hiding in the maize, eggs or adults in form […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

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Integrated pest & disease management (English)

Animal pests cause damage and completely reduce farmers yield by reducing leaf area for photosynthesis, plant death and low germination rate. However following proper guidelines of pest control minimizes the damage caused by insect pests to farmers field increasing yields of cowpea, soya and ground nuts. Pest management Treat seeds and inoculate seeds before sowing […]

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