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

only own farm total area five ha. Nine members of my family depend for farm harvest
for whole year and I have no other job outside farming.
CROPS Mango is the major crop. Rice, wheat, mustard and gram are grown in marginal
land. Started managing the orchard since five years. During this period heavy attack
of mealy bug and mango hoppers was faced.
PEST 1 - MANGO HOPPER was major pest damaging severely during the month of Feb. and
April. Infestation was moderate during this year. Spray of NSKE (5%) was done.
PEST 2 - MANGO MEALYBUG is second most important pest. It's a regular feature in the
orchard. I used Folidol dusting three times around the tree trunk. No awareness about
polythene banding.
PEST 3 - FRUIT FLY is becoming a serious problem mostly in late maturing varieties.
Attack started just before the ripening of fruit.
PEST 4 - MANGO LEAF WEBBER is the major problem in old trees. Caterpillars feed on
leaf surface by scrapping later they make web of tender shoots and leaves together
and feed within.
FRUIT FLY CONTROL Early harvesting was done to save the fruit.
#L005: DATE: 14.08.03 TEAM: RPS/AM. Village: Katrauli, Status: Medium Farmer. I own
farm total area three ha. Six members of my family depend on this farm harvest for
whole year and I have no other job outside farming.
CROPS Besides mango major crop rice, wheat and mustard are also grown on the marginal
land. Started managing the orchards for the last three years which is only ten year
old. First time it performed satisfactorily. High income is assured provided market
price is good.
PEST 1 - MANGO HOPPER is major pest in the village and moderate damage occur during
panicle initiation stage. Infestation was moderate during Feb. to April this year.
One spray of NSKE (5%) was done.
PEST 2 - MANGO MEALYBUG is a regular pest in the orchard and is also second most
important pest. Folidol dusting (2 times) around the tree trunk was done. No
awareness about polythene banding.
PEST 3 - MANGO FRUIT FLY is also becoming a problem in the orchard resulting 30-35%
damage in late varieties which starts just before the ripening of the fruit.
FRUIT FLY CONTROL No control measures adopted.
#L006: DATE: 19/08/03 TEAM: RPS/AM. Village: Khairanpur, Status: Medium Farmer. I own
farm total area two ha. Six members of my family depend on this farm harvest for
whole year and I have no other job outside farming.
CROPS Mango is the major crop. Rice, wheat, mustard and gram are grown on marginal
land. Started managing the orchard for last five years. First time its performance
was not satisfactory due to mango malformation.
PEST 1 - MANGO HOPPER becomes a problem in the month of Feb. to April at the panicle
initiation. This year infestation was moderate. NSKE (5%) and endosulfan (0.05%)
spray were done.
PEST 2 - MANGO MEALYBUG causes damage in old trees which starts from Jan. to April.
Folidol dusting and NSKE (5 %) around the tree trunk were done.
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