Perceptions of Farming Community in Relation to Problems in Farming and Prospects of Coconut Mite Management in Bangladesh

A study was conducted to analyze community perception on homestead agro-biodiversity and conservation of coconut genetic resources at Bagharpara Upazila (Sub district) of Jashore district, Bangladesh in October 2011. Tools and techniques of Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRA) were utilized to identify the socio-economic factors and agronomic practices influencing homestead agro-biodiversity. The participants identified coconut as a leading species in the homesteads. Communities suspected that the wave (electro-magnetic) generating from mobile phone towers was the cause of damaging coconut in their villages. Being disheartened with continuous yield loss, the farmers have resorted to fell down their coconut trees and shifted to cultivating fruit trees or suitable field crops. The research team used the matrices of PRA to develop a problem tree, which marked mite infestation in coconut as the focal problem. The developed problem-tree was transposed into an objective tree. Based on the objective tree, the research team was able to develop and implement a three-year research project on mite management in coconut involving farmers as implementers. The intervention stimulated community knowledge and skills towards mite management and conservation of unique traditional coconut varieties.

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Coconut destiny after the invasion of Aceria guerreronis (Acari: Eriophyidae) in India*

Zoosymposia ◽

10.11646/zoosymposia.6.1.26 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 160-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. A. HAQ

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Critical Assessment ◽

Bakery Products ◽

Aceria Guerreronis ◽

Agricultural Income ◽

Northern India ◽

Coconut Mite ◽

Farming Community ◽

The People ◽

Considerable Damage

The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer, has emerged as a common menace to most of the coconut plantations in India. After its first upsurge in Kerala at the end of the 1990´s, the mite has spread to many states in southern and northern India, causing considerable damage. Coconut provides one third of the agricultural income in the regions in which it is grown and more than 10 million people are dependent on this cash crop directly or indirectly through coconut-based industries like coir, copra, oil, honey, furniture, handicrafts, beverages, bakery products and so on. The economic instability of the coconut farming community and the people employed in coconut-based industries rank the highest order. A critical assessment of the various problems created by A. guerreronis in the agricultural economy of India is presented in order to supplement data on crop loss through nut malformation, nut fall, loss in fibre and copra. Varietal differences in susceptibility of the plant and future strategies in terms of management practices for an early control of the mite are discussed, and suggestions for future activities to alleviate mite damage are presented.

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Current Productions Carnuntum, German Limes and Radiopast

Virtual Archaeology Review ◽

10.4995/var.2011.4569 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 131 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

F. Humer ◽

C. Gugl ◽

M. Pregesbauer ◽

F. Vermeulen ◽

Ch. Corsi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Research Team ◽

The Public ◽

Current State ◽

Tools And Techniques ◽

Media Formats

<p>The here presented three chosen projects mark out different techniques of production and their transmission of content. The differentiated impact on the public absorption of the transported content are described dependent to experiences with it in exhibitions and publications, and can be used to rectify future approaches of similar topics. In most of these productions, technical difficulties were observed and solved through extensive use of different tools and techniques to achieve a reasonable output and represent our current state of knowledge which we would like to share. The documentation of the production as well as the communication between the production and research team is indispensable to the sucsess of these media formats.</p>

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HEAVY METALS IN VINEYARDS AND ORCHARD SOILS

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura ◽

10.1590/0100-29452017263 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

GUSTAVO BRUNETTO ◽

PAULO ADEMAR AVELAR FERREIRA ◽

GEORGE WELLINGTON MELO ◽

CARLOS ALBERTO CERETTA ◽

MORENO TOSELLI

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Cover Crops ◽

Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽

Soil Cover ◽

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽

Fruit Trees ◽

Organic Fertilizers ◽

Agronomic Practices ◽

Present Information ◽

Orchard Soils

ABSTRACT The application of foliar fungicides in vineyards and orchards can increase soil concentration of heavy metals such as copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), up to the toxicity threshold for fruit trees and cover crops. However, some agronomic practices, such as liming, addition of organic fertilizers, cultivation of soil cover crops and inoculation of young plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can decrease the availability and the potential of heavy metal toxicity to fruit trees. This review aims to compile and present information about the effects of increasing concentrations of heavy metals, especially Cu and Zn, on soils cultivated with fruit trees and provides some agronomic practices of remediation. Information about the sources of heavy metals found in soils cultivated with fruit trees are presented; mechanisms of absorption, transport, accumulation and potential toxicity to plants are described.

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Factors affecting crop diversity in farmers' fields in Nepal

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems ◽

10.1017/s1742170513000367 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 202-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sushil Pandey

Keyword(s):

Production Systems ◽

Fruit Trees ◽

Spatial Dimension ◽

Crop Diversity ◽

Home Gardens ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Household Level ◽

Farming Community ◽

Land Holdings ◽

Diversity Studies

AbstractA study was conducted on the spatial dimension of crop diversity in Jutpani Village Development Committee (VDC) in central Nepal. Many crop diversity studies focus only on home gardens, but this study aimed to investigate the crop diversity among different production systems, and the factors affecting variations in the crop diversity on a household level. A survey of inter-household variation in cultivated crop diversity in different land-use types among 134 households indicates that 96 different types of annual crops, perennial crops and fruit trees are cultivated. Individual farms cultivated an average of 26 different crops, with this number ranging from 11 to 45. Crops were used as food by the households and, based on their adaptive characters, they were grown either in home gardens or in upland, Tandikhet and lowland. Research showed that home gardens have the highest crop diversity (a total of 78 different crops grown) compared to upland, Tandikhet and lowland. Statistical analysis to understand the factors affecting the variation in crop diversity in the household level showed that the total number of crops grown (crop diversity) on a farm is significantly higher (P<0.001) in the Indo-Aryan ethnic group compared to the Tibeto-Burman group. Farmers with three different production domains maintained higher (P<0.001) crop diversity compared to having only one or two production domains. Poor farmers with small land holdings were associated with higher crop diversity (P<0.001) compared to rich farmers with large land holdings. Therefore, planning for agrobiodiversity management should focus on the production systems, and social and economic settings within the farming community.

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