“Key Informant Survey” of Production, Value, Losses and ... - DfID
“Key Informant Survey” of Production, Value, Losses and ... - DfID
“Key Informant Survey” of Production, Value, Losses and ... - DfID
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FRUIT FLIES July sown crop suffers more from fruit fly than the October crop. For<br />
controlling fruit flies he did not use any separate insecticide but he sprays<br />
Curacron + Karate + Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre at 3 days<br />
interval. For the first time he started taking advice from a pesticide shopkeeper <strong>of</strong><br />
Varanasi town.<br />
#V003 DATE: 05/02/04 TEAM: SR, SS, SPS. Village: Ramna. He has farm area <strong>of</strong> about 9<br />
bigha <strong>and</strong> he has to feed 5 family members. The farm family is not doing any other job<br />
outside farm.<br />
CROPS He said that he is growing bitter gourd <strong>and</strong> Dolichos.<br />
BITTER GOURD He said that he is growing this crop since 20 years. He adopted by<br />
seeing the neighbour crops. He felt bitter gourd is remunerative in local market. He<br />
has sown the crop in July <strong>and</strong> October. October crop is mostly grown in river beds.<br />
BITTER GOURD PESTS He experienced that the kharif crop suffers most from leaf curl,<br />
jassid <strong>and</strong> leaf folder/fruit borer (Diaphania indica). The farmer didn't have<br />
knowledge about fruitfly as a pest <strong>and</strong> its infestation.<br />
PEST CONTROL Leaf curl - Farmers locally call it as 'Gurcha'. He said that this pest<br />
is serious when the crop is in initial stage. He sprayed Curacron + Karate +<br />
Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre 3 days interval.<br />
FRUIT FLIES July sown crop suffers more from fruit fly than the October crop. For<br />
controlling fruit flies he did not use any separate insecticide but he sprays<br />
Curacron + Karate + Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150ml/15 litre at 3 days<br />
interval. For the first time he started taking advice from a pesticide shopkeeper <strong>of</strong><br />
Varanasi town.<br />
#V004 DATE: 05/02/04 TEAM: SR, SS, SPS. Village: Ramna. He has farm area <strong>of</strong> about 1<br />
bigha <strong>and</strong> he has to feed 8 family members. The farm family is not doing any other job<br />
outside farm.<br />
CROPS He practised mixed crop <strong>of</strong> bitter gourd along with muskmelon in October.<br />
Besides these crops are raised in river bed mostly having s<strong>and</strong>y soil. Dolichos bean<br />
is also an important vegetable grown in kharif season.<br />
BITTER GOURD He said that he is growing this crop since 20 years. He adopted by<br />
seeing the neighbour crops. He felt bitter gourd is remunerative in local market. He<br />
has sown the crop in July <strong>and</strong> October. October crop is mostly grown in river beds.<br />
GOURD PESTS He experienced that the kharif crop suffers most from leaf curl, jassid<br />
<strong>and</strong> leaf folder/fruit borer (Diaphania indica). The farmer didn't have knowledge<br />
about fruitfly as a pest <strong>and</strong> its infestation.<br />
PEST CONTROL Leaf curl - Farmers locally call it as 'Gurcha'. He said that this pest<br />
is serious when the crop is in initial stage. He sprayed Curacron + Karate +<br />
Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre 3 days interval.<br />
FRUIT FLIES July sown crop suffers more from fruit fly than the October crop. For<br />
controlling fruit flies he did not use any separate insecticide but he sprays<br />
Curacron + Karate + Cypermethrin + growth regulator 150 ml/15 litre at 3 days<br />
interval. For the first time he started taking advice from a pesticide shopkeeper <strong>of</strong><br />
Varanasi town.<br />
#V005 DATE: 05/02/04 TEAM: SR, SS, SPS. Village: Ramna. He has farm area <strong>of</strong> about 6<br />
bigha <strong>and</strong> he has to feed 7 family members. The farm family is not doing any other job<br />
outside farm.<br />
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