How to get rid of Fall armyworms
Learn how to control Fall Armyworms pests in your maize, wheat, or rice farms. The post has a list of the best pesticides for managing FAW in Kenya and other cheap traditional methods
Tag: Pest Control
Tips for profitable maize farming in Kenya
This article explores the challenges maize farming in Kenya farmers must overcome to make profits. It gives some solutions to mitigate the worst risks at the end of this post. An example is soil testing and crop insurance to deal with the challenges of soil acidity and frequent droughts. You cannot make profits in corn…
How to control aphids from your plants permanently
Aphids cause farmers a lot of financial and yield loss. You can control and prevent their outbreak in your land by observing hygienic gardening practices (GAPS) like precise irrigation. There are various natural methods and products for their control like the neem oil, diatomaceous earth or washing them off with clean water as outlined
What you need to know about integrated pest management (IPM)
Make more money by using these13 organic integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. They are; crop rotation, companion cropping, use of greenhouses etc.
How to store your cereals & grains without toxic preservatives
How can grain farmers, traders and consumers reduce food losses to pests and bad weather? Explore 3 cheap ideas. These are hermetic bags, airtight containers, metallic and plastic hermetic silos. You will also limit the use of toxic pesticides and preservatives
Why do pesticides fail to work in your farm
Why do pesticides fail to work at times on your farm? Crop protection is necessary to get quality yields. Farmers use different means of pest control, including applying pesticides, integrated pest management (IPM) practices and biological pest control products to destroy pests. Pesticide use is one of the most efficient. However, this may be costly…
The best tips for pesticides safe use & handling
How can you reduce your exposure to pesticide poisoning as a farmer, chemical handler or consumer? learn various tips like using bio-pesticides, wearing PPEs, growing your own food and observing GAPs and IPM.
How to Control Desert locusts using Safe Methods
In this article, we discuss biological control and other safe methods to control schistocerca gregaria invasion. These include; use of neem oil, metarhizium bio-pesticide and natural predators such as chicken. other measures are planting trees and cover crops, making locust traps and harvesting them for human and livestock consumption.
How to make millions in pest control & fumigation business
A list of the best pest control business ideas in both crop protection and animal health management such as IPM, biopesticides, selling PPEs, & greenhouses.