Using plants with pesticidal properties to control insects during on-farm grain storage
Market liberalisation in Africa has resulted in more commodities being stored in small quantities in on-farm facilities. This has resulted in increased post-harvest losses, especially by storage pest insects of grain and legumes. The use of synthetic pesticides in food stores at the farm level can be considered costly by resource-poor farmers. In northern Ghana locally available plants are cheap and effective alternatives, provided problems associated with their sustainable use are addressed.
作者: UK Department For International Development (DFID)
组 织: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
年份: 2020
国家: Ghana
地理范围: 非洲
类别: 实 践
内容语言: English