by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Pest and Disease Management
C.K Vishnudas A Common Myna is seen to have brought food including insects, locusts, caterpillars, grasshoppers etc. 340 times in a day. A German ornithologist reported that single pair of Tits destroys, annually, at least 120 million insect eggs or 150000... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Farmer's Diary, Pest and Disease Management
Narayana Reddy Usually all the crops have the tolerance against insects and fungus damage by their evolutionary character. Most of the pest problems cropped up due to hybridization and varietal improvements. Other reasons for pest problems are imbalanced chemical... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Farmer's Diary, Pest and Disease Management
Madhu Ramakrisnan The nature is ours, but not ours alone. If there is a way to protect his agricultural produces from pests, no farmer will like to kill the pests. Fukoka (The father of natural Farming) says that there exists always a relationship between plants and... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Pest and Disease Management
Arun Kumar In view of the fast changing agricultural scenario, a drift has resulted from sustenance to commercial farming. To maximize the yield, farmers are using high yielding varieties and hybrids with higher inputs of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to a large... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Pest and Disease Management
Anitha Pailoor Sugarcane farmers in Alnavar near Dharwad in Karnataka state are no more worried about the insect ‘wooly aphid’ which destroys their crop. They need not run to the Agricultural University or the Agriculture Department to get the predator. A walk to... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | Agroecology, Articles, Pest and Disease Management
Ilango, a small farmer, aged 40, owns six acres of land. He has been applying a technology, originally practiced by his grandfather since long for effectively managing pests. This technology, an innovation of a farmer, relies on the rich bio-diversity of the region...