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Learning Integrated Pest Management by Doing through Farmers Field Schools
in the Northern Sudan
- (1)Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC), Hudeiba Research Station, P.O. Box 31, Ed-Damer, SUDAN.
- (2) Nile Valley University, P.O.Box 24, Atbara, SUDAN.
E-mail: francisoji@hotmail.co
- The Third International Conference onIPM Role in Integrated Crop management and Impacts on Environment and Agricultural Products. 26-29 November 2005, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
Lesser armyworm, Spodoptera exigua is an economic pest of faba bean in Sudan. Its control is characterized by injudicious chemical application. Farmer's field school has been the focus in this study in order to develop and disseminate integrated pest management package. Preliminary meetings were organized in selected target sites to raise interest for farmers' participation in technology development and dissemination. Technologies evaluated were chemical insecticide and cultural practice plus botanical insecticide. They were selected according to resources and opportunities available to farmers. Participants identified combination of cultural practice plus botanical insecticide as effective as synthetic insecticide in controlling S. exigua and improving yield. Economic evaluation showed that adoption of the package increased percentage net profit over farmers practice by 31.9%, 23.7% and 17.4% for Sevin 1kg/fed. Neem seed extract at 7kg neem seed powder/fed + irrigation 1day after spray and neem seed extract at 5kg neem seed powder/fed + irrigation 1day after spray respectively. Matrix and pool ranking by participant farmers showed that Sevin was placed first due to its fast killing effect. Neem seed extract + cultural practice ranked second due to its potency and availability. The performance of farmer's field school was satisfactory with strong farmers appreciation and participation.
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The Arab Scientists in Cooperation with The High Institute of Marine Research. Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in The Regional Workshop on Marine Sciences and Natural Resources, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria, 25-26 May 2004.
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The Arab Scientists in Cooperation with The Egyptian Society for Biological Control of Pests . Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in The First Arab Conference of Applied Biological Pest Control, Cairo, Egypt, 5-7 April 2004.
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The First International Symposium on Environnement protection for development Biotechnological aspects. Fez, December
15 – 17, 2004.
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The Second Syrian-Egyptian conference in the Agriculture and Food.
Agriculture Faculty, Al-Baath university, Homs, Syria. 25-28 April, 05
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Current Status of Plant Protection in Yemen and Future Strategy.
Faculty of Agriculture, Sana'a University, Sana'a, yemen. December 18-20/2004
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The 9th International Conference of the Orthopterists’ Society
Canada, on August 14 19, 2005
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The First Arab Conference on Applications of Biological Control of Pests in Arab Countries
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Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Ageing
First Annual Middle-East Age & Aging Meeting
8-11 April, 2004
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Arab Society for Plant Protection (ASPP) in Cooperation with The Arab Scientists
Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in the Eighth Arab Congress of
Plant Protection, held in Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, El-beida
City, Libya, October 12-16,2003
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