Pesticide Rotation: A Must for Effective Pest Management
Farmers widely use pesticides for controlling pest populations and diseases in agricultural production systems. However, resistance to pesticides is a significant...Read More
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a sustainable and environmentally-friendly approach to controlling pests in agriculture. Rather than relying on chemical pesticides,...Read More
Reducing Spray Drift: Key Strategies
Pesticide drift can cause serious damage to crops, harm people, animals, and the environment. Farmers should properly apply pesticides to prevent drift,...Read More
Building resilience in the food supply chain
Resilience in the food supply chain is a key driver for the healthy futures of plants and people. Climate change is leading...Read More
Certification in agriculture
Certification is a set of standards and requirements that a product must meet in order to be certified. Certification ensures that producers...Read More
Prediction of Pests Using Growing Degree Days
Growing degree days (GDD) is a measurement of heat accumulated over time. Farmers use GDD to predict both the growth stage of...Read More
Using NDVI as a Tool to Monitor Crop Growth and Health
Introduction NDVI, or Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, is a tool used to monitor crop health and growth. It is a measure of...Read More
Growing avocado
Background Avocado (scientific name: Persea americana), It belongs to the family Lauraceae and originated from tropical America, particularly Mexico and Central America....Read More
The coffee berry borer – a devastating pest
Coffee berry borer (CBB), scientifically referred to as Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), is the most devastating pest of coffee across the world. It...Read More
The beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
The beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) is a a pest moth that was native to Southeast Asia before spreading to other regions of...Read More
