Resources Tagged: Pest Control

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  1. Herbal Pest Repellent - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Some plants repel insects naturally. Grow them in between your crop to deter insects. By knowing the wild plants that grow in your area, you can prepare your own herbal insect repellent at no cost. Add cow urine to help extract the repelling compounds from milky...
    Integrated Pest Ma... Wild Plants AccessAgriculture Low-Cost Pest Management Pest Control Herbal Repellent

  2. Options for Snail Control

    2024-04-01 ECHO’s agricultural staff often receive questions about ways to control snails naturally. This article shares some practical, low-resource options for control from OISAT and two ECHO Network Members.
    Pest Control Snails Slugs

  3. Experiments to Control Millipedes with Locally Available Ingredients

    2023-07-13 Millipede species can cause severe damage to various crops. We have heard reports of heavy damage from West Africa, but also more recently from Uganda. Effective chemical controls are expensive and difficult to obtain for many rural farmers. Thus, we are trying to identify locally available...
    Pest Control Milipede

  4. Natural Pesticides: Wood and Rice Husk Ash

    2020-06-01 This booklet explains how to keep pests from your crops by using ash from wood or rice husks. This uses material taken fromFootsteps 54- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission. This edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.
    Donwloads Pest Control Integrated Pest Ma... IPM

  5. An Introduction to Wood Vinegar

    2013-08-01 Prakrit Khamduangdao was looking for an alternative to agricultural chemicals to control pests in his vegetable farm. However, he was not completely satisfied with various botanical pest control measures being promoted in northern Thailand. He reports that even though certain natural insect...
    Biological Control Fungicide Repellant Pest Control Vinegar Wood Vinegar