Aims: To document the various insecticides employed and also test alternative and/or complementary less-toxic and eco-friendly management methods against the notorious fruit fly Dacus punctatifrons on tomatoes as potential components of a multi-pronged eco-friendly integrated app...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/3846
Aims: This study sought to assess farmers’ awareness and knowledge about bean postharvest constraints and their indigenous methods to mitigate them. Cameroon. Study Design: Random interviewing of bean farmers. Place and Duration of study: Interviewed farmers of the highland savan...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2022/v23i130214
Background: Common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris is one of the most important plant protein sources in many African countries including Cameroon. It is a major source to smallholder farmers and some large-scale farmers. Common beans also fixes atmospheric nitrogen in symbiosis with r...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230648
Aims: To investigate the various synthetic chemical formulations, equipment and methods that farmers use to control cocoa insect pests and also study the abundance, diurnal and seasonal population fluctuations of these pests in South Western Cameroon. This was in a bid to factor...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/36477
Aims: To identity and assess the seasonal population dynamics of field-to-store insect-pests of maize at various harvesting dates in South-western Cameroon. Methodology: Maize was planted mid-monthly during the rainy season months of 2014 and 2015 in 16 plots. At physiological ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/35378
Aims: The study sought to determine planting dates, handling of the crop when mature and if farmers faced problems with maize ear rot/mould, insects and any other constraints and how they control these problems. Study Design: Random interviewing of maize farmers. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/32788
Aim: To improve cabbage production by controlling cabbage pests using locally produced organic pesticide and cabbage-tomato intercropping. Methodology: Four treatments (control, cabbage-tomato intercropping, organic and synthetic pesticides) were evaluated for their potential to...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/38815