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“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 />

IMFFI Semi-Structured Interview Survey - 59 <strong>of</strong> 66

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