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Resources Tagged: Pest Management

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  1. Understanding Integrated Pest Management

    1989-01-01 This paper examines the complex nature of pest problems and evaluates both chemical and nonchemical controls. The objectives of IPM are assessed, together with its current accomplishments and its future as a pest-control strategy. Although the paper emphasizes agriculture, the concepts and...
    Integrated Pest Ma... Pest Management VITA Downloads Chemicals Non-Chemical IPM

  2. Pest Control in the Home Garden

    Answers are given in as simple and practical a manner as possible. The latest and most effective methods, as well as the older methods, of controlling pests of tree fruits, small fruits and vegetables are given. Also discussed are animal pests, general garden pests, and the beneficial animals and...
    Diseases and Pests Insecticide Fruit Production Home Garden Pest Control Pest Management

  3. 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...
    Herbal Repellent Pest Control Pest Management Low-Cost AccessAgriculture Wild Plants Integrated Pest Ma...

  4. Agrodok 028, Identification of Crop Damage

    2004-01-01 Caused by Diseases, Pests or Mineral Deficiencies The purpose of this booklet is to help farmers in remote areas prevent and control diseases and plagues in their crops. These farmers may not have access to agricultural extension officers or other experts who could diagnose the cause of the crop...
    Crop Damage Pest Control Pest Management Pest Identification Nutrient Deficiency Disease Control Disease Identifica...

  5. FM 1988 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 4 #1

    1988-03-19 Mountain agriculture Land degradation in Papua New Guinea Sloping agricultural land technology Land use systems in marginal highlands Community forestry Cassava planting Pest management
    Land Degradation Cassava Sloping Agricultur... Pest Management Community Forestry Highland Farming Papua New Guinea

  6. Seeds, Weeds, and Pests

    This seed cleaner was developed in Afghanistan to remove round seeds of weeds from wheat grains. The round seeds could not be separated by a sieve because they were the same size as the wheat grains. The cleaner described here takes advantage of the round shape of the weed seeds to separate them...
    Seed Sources Seeds Weeds Weed Management Pests Pest Management VITA Downloads

  7. FM 2007 LEISA Magazine Vol 23 #4

    2007-12-20 Pest management Ecological pest management Traditional ecological management of late blight in potato The theory of trophobiosis in pest and disease control Plant clinics for healthy crops Rats - an ecologically-based approach for managing a global problem Changing the strategies of Farmer Field...
    Pest Management SRI Farmer Field Schools Disease Control Bangladesh Organic Farming Potato Netherlands

  8. Strategies for Reducing Wildlife Damage in Orchards

    1988-01-01 Bulletin 855 When choosing a control strategy, an understanding of the behavior and ecology of the pest species is helpful. Past techniques which have ignored these facets of a species' biology often have failed. In addition, an understanding of the pest population as a dynamic, constantly...
    Marmots Microtus pennsylva... Microtus pinetorum White-Tailed Deer Pest Management Downloads

  9. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology - ICIPE

    icipe'smission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and...
    Insects Entomology ICIPE Pest Management

  10. Food Chain Crisis - Locusts

    FAO actions FAO operates a centralizedDesert Locust Information Service (DLIS)within the Locust Group at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy that monitors the Desert Locust situation throughout the world. FAO provides information on the general locust situation to the global community and givestimely...
    Locusts FAO Pest Management Pest Control