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...
Farmers diary – Ecological Pest 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...
Traditional plant protection management practices of Rajasthan
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...
Learning eco-friendly ways of managing pests
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...
Farmer innovation for managing pests
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....