Research Updates

PRE-PLANTING OPERATIONS FOR CASSAVA FARMING

source: jis.gov.jm  LAND SELECTION: Farmers do not get the right yield because they do not select the right choice of land to cultivate their crops. Just because cassava can thrive in almost any soil doesn’t mean it should be planted just on any available land....

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Tuta-Absoluta

Russell IPM presentation on Tuta-Absoluta and a video showing the use of Tutrack; a pheromone based mass trapping system against Tuta absoluta https://youtu.be/9pShdKB9mD0 https://youtu.be/AwepDZc2V60

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Map showing how much each country spends on food

The average American spends just 6.6% of his or her household budget on food consumed at home. (If you include eating out, that rises to around 11 percent.) In Pakistan, by contrast, the average person spends 47.7% of his or her household budget on food consumed at...

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