scholarly journals Integrating farmers' knowledge, attitude and practice in the development of sustainable Striga control interventions in southern Mali

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
S.K. Debrah ◽  
T. Defoer ◽  
M. Bengaly
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Farmer Knowledge ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Rural Appraisal ◽  
Agro Ecological Zones

Technologies for Striga control have not been widely adopted because of the mismatch between technologies and farmers' socio-economic conditions. This study used a participatory rural appraisal technique at the village, household and plot levels to diagnose the extent of the Striga problem in two agro-ecological zones in southern Mali. This has resulted in an understanding of farmers' attitudes and constraints to Striga control, and opportunities for the development of sustainable technologies suitable for a wide range of farming conditions. Results show that the degree of Striga infestation, levels of farmer knowledge and control practices vary substantially across village territories and fields, and that the severity of the infestation is clearly linked with soil fertility condition and farming practices. It was concluded that in general, the Striga control interventions that would most likely appeal to farmers would be those that will simultaneously improve soil fertility and suppress the development of Striga.

scholarly journals Assessment of dengue mosquito breeding sources and source reduction at a coastal village in Puducherry

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1035
Author(s):  
Surendran Venkataraman ◽  
J. Sahithyaa ◽  
Arun Sugumaran
Keyword(s):  
Dengue Vector ◽  
Source Reduction ◽  
Plastic Metal ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Larval Survey ◽  
Mosquito Breeding ◽  
Coconut Shells ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village ◽  
Very High

Background: Dengue virus can cause a wide range of illness in humans, from unapparent infection, to classic dengue fever and to fatal dengue haemorrhagic fever. Until a vaccine becomes available for public health use, primary prevention of transmission is crucial to decrease the burden of dengue, and control of Aedes is the only available strategy.Methods: The mosquito larval survey was carried out in the month of November 2017 in Echangadu, a coastal village in Puducherry to assess mosquito breeding sources for the presence of dengue vector species. The survey was performed by selecting houses where freshwater was available. For each household, the presence or absence of possible breeding sources were recorded, as well as the presence or absence of mosquito larvae.Results: Of the 102 houses surveyed, 20 of the houses were infested with Aedes larvae. A total of 182 containers were found in these households of which 47 containers were positive for Aedes larvae. Coconut shells, plastic, metal and discarded containers were the most often found breeding sites.Conclusions: The larval surveillance indicators among the households surveyed revealed a very high risk of future dengue outbreak in the village. All the containers examined including those positive for Aedes larvae were safely disposed. 

scholarly journals PENGUATAN PROMOSI DESA WISATA BERBASIS KEARIFAN DI DESA PUJON KABUPATEN MALANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Siti Nuurlaily ◽  
Anak Agung Sagung Alit Widyastuty ◽  
Annisa Budhiyani Tribhuwaneswari
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Phases Of Development ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village ◽  
Rural Appraisal

  Abstract Tourism village is largely based in local wisdom is a form of integrated activities between attractions, accommodation, supporting facilities and additional facilities in the form of village management presented in the structure of community life that is bound by traditional procedures and norms that apply in the village. The development of sustainable tourism villages reguires the participation of local communities in all phases of development starting from the planning, implementation and supervision and control stages. Pujon Kidul Village in Pujon subdistrict, Malang regency is one of the tourist villages developed by the village community, which has tourism potential from the agriculture, livestock and small to mediun industries which is supported by the geographical and climatological conditions of the region. The purpose of this activity is to strengthen the promotion of village teourism based in local wisdom by identifying the potential of the Pujon Kidul village tourism area. Approach to the implementation of community service using the Rural Appraisal Approach (RAA) through a Group Discussion Forum (FGD) between the Pujon Kidul village apparatus, the Tourism Awarness Group (Pokdarwis) and the representatives of the village community. The results of this activity are strengthening promotion through a catalog of tourism village potentials and understanding of village afficials, the community and the private sector in planning the development of tourism villages through the utilization of the potential of geography, agriculture, animal husbandry and plantations in the tourism village of Pujon Kidul District of Pujon Malang Regency which begore socialization and counselling was 32% to 96%..   Keyword : Local Wisdom, Tourism Potentials, Tourism Village   Abstrak Desa wisata sebagaian besar berbasis pada kearifan lokal desa adalah bentuk kegiatan terintegrasi antara atraksi, akomodasi, fasilitas pendukung dan fasilitas tambahan berupa manajemen desa yang disajikan dalam struktur kehidupan masyarakat yang terikat dengan prosedur tradisi dan norma yang berlaku di desa. Pengembangan desa wisata yang berkelanjutan membutuhkan partisipasi masyarakat lokal dalam seluruh fase pengembangan mulai dari tahap perencanaan, implementasi dan pengawasan serta pengendalian. Desa Pujon Kidul di Kecamatan Pujon Kabupaten Malang merupakan salah satu desa wisata yang dikembangkan oleh masyarakat desa, memiliki potensi wisata dari sector pertanian, peternakan dan industry kecil ke menengah yang didukung kondisi geografi dan klimatologi wilayahnya. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah penguatan promosi desa wisata yang berbasis kearifan lokal dengan mengidentifikasi potensi kawasan wisata desa Pujon Kidul. Pendekatan – pendekatan pelaksanaan pengabdian dengan menggunakan metode Rural Appraisal Approach (RAA) melalui Forum Group Diskusi (FGD) antara aparatur desa Pujon Kidul, Kelompok Sadar Wisata (pokdarwis) dan perwakilan masyakat desa. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah penguatan promosi melalui katalog potensi desa wisata dan pemahaman aparatur desa, masyarakat dan pihak swasta dalam perencanaan pengembangan desa wisata melalui pemanfaatan potensi geografi, pertanian, peternakan dan perkebunan di desa wisata Pujon Kidul Kecamatan Pujon Kabupaten Malang yang sebelum sosialisasi dan penyuluhan sebesar 32%  menjadi 96%.     Kata kunci : Desa Wisata, Potensi wisata, Kearifan Lokal.

Well-Digging

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Camilla Toulmin
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Major Activity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Village ◽  
Private Wells ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Capital Value

Wells are of great importance in this arid zone to provide for household needs and water livestock. Well-digging by individual households in Kala has become a major activity, the number growing from 16 in 1980 to 43 in 1983. Private wells are dug mainly to exchange water with visiting livestock keepers during the dry season, in exchange for the dung from the herd, which builds up soil fertility in the village fields, and produces higher millet yields. Analysis of the profitability of well-digging explores costs and returns, for the four different household types, A, B, C, D in order to understand the wide range in returns from this investment over time. Risks to the well’s capital value, ways to control this risk, and flexibility in such an investment are described before assessing the consequences for those households unable to invest in this asset.

scholarly journals Meeting the Local Rice Needs in Nigeria through Effective Weed Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Ismaila ◽  
A. C. Wada ◽  
E. Daniya ◽  
A. U. Gbanguba
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Control Cost ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Weed Interference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Major Impediment ◽  
Agro Ecological Zones

<p>Nigeria is blessed with natural and human resources required to produce rice to meet its local consumption. These resources are spread across all the agro-ecological zones of the country. Despite the availability of these resources, rice production in Nigeria could still not meet the local consumption and over 40% of the crop is imported annually to complement the local production. Several studies have revealed biotic and abiotic stresses as the major impediment to the production of the crop. Weeds are the most prominent of all the stresses across all the ecologies in term of yield reduction, labour demand and control cost. Yield losses of 35-75% and 70-100% have been recorded in low land and upland ecologies respectively as a result of weed interference. The problem of weed is worse than any of the other stress mentioned above except for water stress in low land ecology. This paper reviews the various weed management options that could be adopted for optimal rice yield, by the resource poor farmers of Nigeria.</p>

scholarly journals Effects of Nitrogen Sources on Vegetative Growth of Grain Amaranth Accessions in Two Agro-Ecological Zones of Oyo State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Oladayo Oluwakemi Idowu-Agida ◽  
Opeyemi Emmanuel Adebiyi ◽  
Joel Oyekunle Olaniyi
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Nitrogen Sources ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
Grain Amaranth ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
And Control ◽  
Agro Ecological Zones

The experiment was conducted at National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Teaching and Research Farm Ogbomoso between August and December, 2015. Five accessions of grain amaranth were screened in the field at both locations. The trials was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used in assigning treatments in the field and replicated three times. Seven Nitrogen sources: poultry manure, cow dung, pacesetter organic fertilizer, brewery waste, providence organic fertilizer, Aleshinloye organic fertilizer N:P:K and control each applied at 120 kg N ha-1 imposed on the five selected accessions. Data were collected on growth (plant height, stem girth, number of branches and number of leaves) biweekly and subjected to analysis of variance. The results shows that, irrespective of the accessions, the two agro-ecological zones are suitable for high grain yield of grain amaranth but Ogbomosho; derived savannah zone gave better growth biomass than the transitional rainforest ecology of Ibadan in grain amaranth production. To improve the growth of amaranth, addition of fertilizer up to 120 kg N ha-1 is recommendedpreferably organic fertilizer like cow dung.

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