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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 1992-04-01 Sunn Hemp is an option for keeping monkeys out of your garden.
  5. 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.
  6. 1994-07-19 Dry logs inhabited by fire ants can help deter rats from eating young oil palms.
  7. 1995-03-19 Several ideas for discouraging birds from fields.
  8. 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...
  9. 1995-01-19 Ideas for keeping elephants out of crops.
  10. 1996-01-19 Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.