Pest Control For The Smallholder

Author : David Bezzant
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781847975164

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Pest Control for the Smallholder by David Bezzant Pdf

Among the many challenges facing the contemporary smallholder who keeps livestock and grows his own food, is how to deal with the various pests that are capable of decimating crops, degrading pasture, stealing produce, contaminating animal feed and killing valuable livestock. This book provides the smallholder with the knowledge and the information about the skills to meet this challenge in an effective and humane way.Considers all the major pests faced by smallholders including rats, house and field mice, grey squirrels, moles, rabbits, deer, foxes, mink, wood pigeons, crows and rooks. Discusses each pest in detail, arguing that it is essential for the smallholder to understand their characteristics and behaviour in order to control them successfully. Emphasizes that 'prevention is better than cure' and identifies a variety of measures designed to thwart, rather than kill, pests. Examines both traditional and modern pest control methods. Covers traps, poisons, air rifles, dogs, ferrets, electric fencing, bird scarers, wildlife deterrents and repellents, automatic bird feeders, and polytunnels and cloches. Stresses that smallholders need to adopt a comprehensive pest control programme that complies with current legislation and balances conservation with control. An invaluable and well-illustrated book that provides the smallholder with the knowledge required to deal efficiently and humanely with the various pests that present a constant challenge. Essential reading for small-scale farmers, smallholders and those with large gardens attached to properties in the countryside. Superbly illustrated with 146 colour photographs. David Bezzant has been a smallholder for all his adult life and is an expert on the use of old-fashioned forms of pest control.

Author : Mary Louise Flint
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781601079749

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Pests of the Garden and Small Farm, 3rd Edition by Mary Louise Flint Pdf

This handbook adapts scientifically based integrated pest management techniques to the needs of the home gardener and small-scale farmer. Covers insects, mites, plant diseases, nematodes, and weeds of fruit and nut trees and vegetables using the IPM approach of making minimal use of broad-spectrum pesticides; the methods recommended here rely primarily on organically acceptable alternatives. 120 common pests are described in individual sections; crop-by-crop symptom identification tables guide you quickly to the information you need. More than 350 color photos and 118 drawings help you diagnose problems and find solutions. What’s new in the Third Edition? •Includes the most up-to-date information on managing vegetable, herb and fruit tree pests with organically acceptable tools. •Over 30 new insect, disease and weed pests. •Crop tables in the back expanded to include 6 new crops and herbs. •Over 120 new color photographs added for a total of more than 400 color illustrations throughout.

Author : Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128143841

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Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa by Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo Pdf

Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement evaluates traditional cultivation practices used by smallholder farmers, providing a synthesis of the latest information on increasing crop yield through adoption of research innovations. The book catalogs smallholder cultivation practices and recommends innovative strategies for improving the agriculture sector including: management practices that reduce net carbon emissions; technologies that improve soil structures and conserve the natural resources base; means of empowering female resources along value chains; and government commitment to adopt policies that enhance agriculture productivity by encouraging farmers to use environmentally sound cultivation technologies. Traditional farming techniques often produce negative impacts on the environment and ecosystem resulting in outbreaks of diseases and pests. In addition to the region’s recurrent droughts, these outbreaks of numerous diseases and pests, weeds and other invasive plants put thousands at risk of poverty and hunger, as well as malnutrition. This book presents enhanced agricultural production technologies for ensuring adequate food production, safety and nutritional quality for the population of Southern Africa and forms the basis for an increased SADC regional effort in food production through which financial and trade institutions can improve stakeholder capacities, encourage micro-enterprise development and enhance employment and regional trade. Provides a critical synthesis of data and information for increasing crop yield through adoption of research innovations Evaluates traditional and scientific interventions that address food security issues of the poor farmers in the region Presents agro-ecologies of countries in the region and how they relate to various cultivation practices Catalogs smallholder cultivation practices and recommends innovative strategies for improving the agriculture sector

Author : Canada. Agriculture Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:49636481

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What You Should Know about Pest Control by Canada. Agriculture Canada Pdf

Author : Carmelo Rapisarda,Giuseppe E Massimino Cocuzza
Publisher : CABI
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780648002

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Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Regions by Carmelo Rapisarda,Giuseppe E Massimino Cocuzza Pdf

This book provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the research and application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in tropical regions. The first section explores the agro-ecological framework that represents the foundations of IPM, in addition to emerging technologies in chemical and biological methods that are core to pest control in tropical crops. The second section follows a crop-based approach and provides details of current IPM applications in the main tropical food crops (such as cereals, legumes, root and tuber crops, sugarcane, vegetables, banana and plantain, citrus, oil palm, tea, cocoa and coffee) and also fibre crops (such as cotton) and tropical forests.

Author : Juan F. Barrera
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030433703

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Beyond IPM: Introduction to the Theory of Holistic Pest Management by Juan F. Barrera Pdf

About 15 years ago, we asked ourselves why the methods developed by the research institutions for the management of pests were almost not used by small landholder farmers. It seemed obvious to us that conventional pest control –called “Integrated Pest Management”– was based on a reductionist approach. In reviewing the literature on the subject, we found that our concern was not new or unique. The agreement of some authors with our ideas reinforced our efforts to find a holistic approach to pest management. We took two central ideas to develop the holistic approach: First, pest management actions must put the farmer at the center of the system. Second, pest management must consider not only both pests but the other important components of the system in question. This approach based on the farmers and the systems in which they are immersed, is called “Holistic Pest Management” or HPM. In this book, I present the philosophy and practice of HPM, a new paradigm of pest management.

Author : George Whitaker Ware
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : CORNELL:31924102062324

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Complete Guide to Pest Control by George Whitaker Ware Pdf

Reference guide for pest control.

Author : Marion Potschin,Roy Haines-Young,Robert Fish,R. Kerry Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317687047

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Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services by Marion Potschin,Roy Haines-Young,Robert Fish,R. Kerry Turner Pdf

The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind. As a result, there is a growing interest in operational and methodological issues surrounding ecosystem services amongst environmental managers, and many institutions are now developing teaching programmes to equip the next generation with the skills needed to apply the concepts more effectively. This handbook provides a comprehensive reference text on ecosystem services, integrating natural and social science (including economics). Collectively the chapters, written by the world's leading authorities, demonstrate the importance of biodiversity for people, policy and practice. They also show how the value of ecosystems to society can be expressed in monetary and non-monetary terms, so that the environment can be better taken into account in decision making. The significance of the ecosystem service paradigm is that it helps us redefine and better communicate the relationships between people and nature. It is shown how these are essential to resolving challenges such as sustainable development and poverty reduction, and the creation of a green economy in developing and developed world contexts.

Author : Susan Cohen,Mary Louise Flint,Nila Hines
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 160107560X

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Lawn and Residential Landscape Pest Control by Susan Cohen,Mary Louise Flint,Nila Hines Pdf

Author : Philip C. Stevenson,Steven R. Belmain,Murray B. Isman
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039287888

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Pesticidal Plants by Philip C. Stevenson,Steven R. Belmain,Murray B. Isman Pdf

The global biodiversity and climate emergencies demand transformative changes to human activities. For example, food production relies on synthetic, industrial and non-sustainable products for managing pests, weeds and diseases of crops. Sustainable farming requires approaches to managing these agricultural constraints that are more environmentally benign and work with rather than against nature. Increasing pressure on synthetic products has reinvigorated efforts to identify alternative pest management options, including plant-based solutions that are environmentally benign and can be tailored to different farmers’ needs, from commercial to small holder and subsistence farming. Botanical insecticides and pesticidal plants can offer a novel, effective and more sustainable alternative to synthetic products for controlling pests, diseases and weeds. This Special Issue reviews and reports the latest developments in plant-based pesticides from identification of bioactive plant chemicals, mechanisms of activity and validation of their use in horticulture and disease vector control. Other work reports applications in rice weeds, combination biopesticides and how chemistry varies spatially and influences the effectiveness of botanicals in different locations. Three reviews assess wider questions around the potential of plant-based pest management to address the global challenges of new, invasive and established crop pests and as-yet underexploited pesticidal plants.

Author : Bea Maas,Teja Tscharntke,Aiyen Tjoa,Shahabuddin Saleh,Nur Edy,Alam Anshary,M. Mahfudz,Muhammad Basir
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783863953522

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Effects of Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds and Bats in Smallholder Cacao Plantations of Central Sulawesi by Bea Maas,Teja Tscharntke,Aiyen Tjoa,Shahabuddin Saleh,Nur Edy,Alam Anshary,M. Mahfudz,Muhammad Basir Pdf

Cacao agroforestry systems are common in Indonesia, but differences in local management affect biodiversity and related ecosystem services. Importantly, birds and bats alike strongly contribute to biological pest control in cacao, thereby promoting yields and sustainable farming. Our findings from many years of ecological field research, in close collaboration with Indonesian cacao farmers, are summarized and discussed in this bilingual book, written in both English and Indonesian. It is designed to communicate scientific information as well as to facilitate transdisciplinary discussions and more biodiversity-friendly management in tropical agroforestry systems. We consider this book as a tool to improve the collaboration of local communities, farmers and scientists, as well as to improve the application of scientific knowledge in agricultural practice - particularly in tropical land use areas. Bea Maas, the first author of this book, is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna (Austria), working in the fields of biology, ecology and conservation. She conducted the research and workshops presented here in close collaboration and with support from the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University of Tadulako (Indonesia).

Author : Michael Pillay,Abdou Tenkouano
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439800188

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Banana Breeding by Michael Pillay,Abdou Tenkouano Pdf

With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy growing, high calorie, nutritious foods, such as bananas are the top priority as a solution to this imminent problem. The first comprehensive compendium on bananas in rec

Author : Peter J. Keane,C. A. J. Putter
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251030391

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Cocoa Pest and Disease Management in Southeast Asia and Australasia by Peter J. Keane,C. A. J. Putter Pdf

Author : Julius Juma Okello, Clare Narrod, and Devesh Roy
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food Safety Requirements in African Green Bean Exports and Their Impact on Small Farmers by Julius Juma Okello, Clare Narrod, and Devesh Roy Pdf

Author : M.L. Flint,R. van den Bosch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461592129

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Introduction to Integrated Pest Management by M.L. Flint,R. van den Bosch Pdf

Integrated control of pests was practiced early in this century, well before anyone thought to call it "integrated control" or, still later, "integrated pest management" (IPM), which is the subject of this book by Mary Louise Flint and the late Robert van den Bosch. USDA entomologists W. D. Hunter and B. R. Coad recommended the same principles in 1923, for example, for the control of boll weevil on cotton in the United States. In that program, selected pest-tolerant varieties of cotton and residue destruction were the primary means of control, with insecticides consid ered supplementary and to be used only when a measured incidence of weevil damage occurred. Likewise, plant pathologists had also developed disease management programs incorporating varietal selection and cul tural procedures, along with minimal use of the early fungicides, such as Bordeaux mixture. These and other methods were practiced well before modern chemical control technology had developed. Use of chemical pesticides expanded greatly in this century, at first slowly and then, following the launching of DDT as a broadly successful insecticide, with rapidly increasing momentum. In 1979, the President's Council on Environmental Quality reported that production of synthetic organic pesticides had increased from less than half a million pounds in 1951 to about 1.4 billion pounds-or about 3000 times as much-in 1977.