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Resources Tagged: Crop Pests

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  1. Integrated Management of the Fall Armyworm on Maize : A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa

    2021-01-06 127 pp. : ill. Gift of Dr Abram Bicksler Jan 25, 2023 Fall armyworm (FAW) - or Spodoptera frugiperda - is a dangerous transboundary pest native to the Americas that has been spreading rapidly in Africa since 2016, causing significant yield losses to crops. Farmer education and community action...
    Agricultural Pests Crop Pests Maize Africa

  2. Principaux Ennemis des Cultures de la Region des Grands Lacs d'Afrique Centrale

    1981-01-01 L'importance des pertes provoquées par les ennemis des cultures tant pendant leur croissance que pendant le stockage de la récoite est très mal connue en général, mais particulièrement dans la région qui nous préoccupe, celle des Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Centrale. Néanmoins, tout le monde...
    Crop Pests Crop Damage West Africa

  3. Managing birds in climbing beans - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Birds learn quickly and will come back, so regularly change the way you scare birds. All farmers in your community should plant their bean crop within a period of two weeks so that the beans are all growing at the same time, so most of the crop survives. By...
    AccessAgriculture Crop Protection Crop Pests Beans

  4. Keeping Monkeys Out of the Garden

    1992-04-01 Sunn Hemp is an option for keeping monkeys out of your garden.
    Crop Pests Mammals Sunn Hemp Legume

  5. Iron Sulfate Molluscicide

    1993-10-19 Iron sulfate can be used to control slugs. Recent laboratory trials in England support the notion that iron sulfate is rapidly absorbed and is highly toxic to slugs.
    Crop Pests Organic Slugs

  6. A Method For Keeping Rats Away From Oil Palms.

    1994-07-19 Dry logs inhabited by fire ants can help deter rats from eating young oil palms.
    Crop Pests Rodents West Africa

  7. How Do I Keep Birds Out of the Garden?

    1995-03-19 Several ideas for discouraging birds from fields.
    Crop Pests Birds

  8. Trench Traps Control Colorado Potato Beetle

    1995-03-19 A technique to control Colorado Potato Beetles. The Colorado potato beetle has become resistant to many pesticides. An innovative technique developed by AgCanada and researched by Cornell is the use of “trench traps” to catch the beetles as they walk out of fields in search of new food sources or...
    Crop Pests Pest Control Trench Traps

  9. Keeping Elephants Out of the Fields.

    1995-01-19 Ideas for keeping elephants out of crops.
    Crop Pests Elephants West Africa East Africa

  10. Mealybug Control

    1996-01-19 Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.
    Crop Pests Pesticide Cassava Pest Control Biological Control Mealybug