“Key Informant Survey” of Production, Value, Losses and ... - DfID

GOURD PESTS The semi-looper is the worst problem (Diaphinia?); 2nd epilachna; FF is
3 rd .
FRUIT FLY CONTROLS If protein hydrolysate were sold would anyone buy it? Yes - they
would. Even though it is particular and specific and controls nothing else? Yes.
Would people make and use a bait of jaggery or banana if were as good? Yes they
would. They have no experience of other fruit fly controls - they were not using
insecticide or anything else before we came along. Has our control made them realise
fruit fly losses may be larger than they thought? They think losses are about 20.
They were not doing anything before, but now they will. One farmer was a bitter gourd
grower but couldn’t grow them in 2004 because of the rains, but still it worked.
PANCHAYYAT Who installed the pump for the drinking water. Panchayyat. Every village
in India has a pump put in by the Panchayyat. Would the Panchayyat do pest control?
Probably no.
@~V - VARANASI
#V001 DATE: 05/02/04 TEAM: SR, SS, SPS. Village: Ramna. He has farm area of about 4
bigha and he has to feed 20 family members. The farm family is not doing any other
job outside farm.
CROPS He said that he is growing Dolichos, cowpea, bitter gourd and tomato.
BITTER GOURD He said that he is growing this crop since 20 years. He adopted by
seeing the neighbour crops. He felt bitter gourd is remunerative in local market. He
has sown the crop in July and October. October crop is mostly grown in river beds.
BITTER GOURD PESTS He experienced that the kharif crop suffers most from leaf curl,
jassid and leaf folder/fruit borer (Diaphania indica). The farmer didn't have
knowledge about fruitfly as a pest and its infestation.
PEST CONTROL Leaf curl - Farmers locally call it as 'Gurcha'. He said that this pest
is serious when the crop is in initial stage. He sprayed Curacron + Karate +
Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre 3 days interval.
FRUIT FLY July-sown crop suffers more from fruit fly than the October crop. For
controlling fruit flies he did not use any separate insecticide but he sprays
Curacron + Karate + Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre at 3 days
interval. For the first time he started taking advice from a pesticide shopkeeper of
Varanasi town.
#V002 DATE: 05/02/04 TEAM: SR, SS, SPS. Village: Ramna. He has farm area of about 3
bigha and he has to feed 12 family members. The farm family is not doing any other
job outside farm.
CROPS He said that he is growing bitter gourd, Dolichos and brinjal.
BITTER GOURD He said that he is growing this crop since 20 years. He adopted by
seeing the neighbour crops. He felt bitter gourd is remunerative in local market. He
has sown the crop in July and October. October crop is mostly grown in river beds.
GOURD PESTS He experienced that the kharif crop suffers most from leaf curl, jassid
and leaf folder/fruit borer (Diaphania indica). The farmer didn't have knowledge
about fruitfly as a pest and its infestation.
PEST CONTROL Leaf curl - Farmers locally call it as 'Gurcha'. He said that this pest
is serious when the crop is in initial stage. He sprayed Curacron + Karate +
Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150ml/15 litre @ 3 days interval.
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