Theme pack
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for July, this time about managing agricultural pests, a perennial issue—and sometimes a headache!—for all farmers.
Backgrounders
Interviews
- It comes like fire: Managing late blight of potato in Nigeria
- Women farmers use local methods to fight pests and diseases in beans
- Farmers use traditional and chemical methods to manage insect pests of maize in western Tanzania
- How farmers in Ethiopia manage Fall armyworm
- Bushbabies are meat, too: Farmers in Malawi use indigenous plants to manage pests and livestock diseases
Radio spots
Barza Wire stories
- Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato
- Kenya: Mango farmers use plastic bottles to manage fruit flies
- Tanzania: Farmers use plastic bags and drums to protect maize from insect pests
- Kenya: Farmers use rabbit urine as pesticide and fertilizer
- Ethiopia: Farmers handpick and use other methods to manage Fall armyworm
Resources available in Swahili
- Wakulima hutumia njia za asili na viatilifu katika kuthibiti wadudu wa mahindi magharibi mwa Tanzania
- Tanzania: Wakulima hutumia mifuko ya plastiki na mapipa kuhifadhi mahindi yasishambuliwe na wadudu waharibifu
Resources available in Kenyan Swahili
- Kuthibiti wadudu wa maembe
- Kenya: Wakulima wa maembe hutumia mifuko ya chupa ya plastiki kukabili nzi wa matunda
Resources available in Hausa
- Yazo kamar wuta: Kula da cutar burtuntuna ta dankalin turawa a Nijeriya
- Nigeria: Manoma a Nijeriya sun dauki shawarwarin aiki na kula da cutar dake kama tsiran dankalin turawa
Resources available in Amharic
- የኢትዮጵያ አርሶአደሮች የመጤ ተምች መንጋን እንዴት እንደሚቆጣጠሩ መጤ ተምቹ
- ኢትዮጵያ : አርሶ አደሮች ፈጣን ሁሉን አውዳሚ ተምችን ለመቆጣጠር በእጅ መልቀምን እና የተለያዩ ዘዴዎችን ይተገብራሉ
We hope that this kind of “one-stop shop” on selected topics is useful, and that you can use the resources in this month’s theme pack to make effective programming on managing agricultural pests.