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The Big-headed Ant – A Farmer’s Friend
For more than 600 years farmers have known that some kinds of ants can help control pests in crops. In Cuba farmers use big headed ants to prevent a weevil from damaging sweet potatoes. Many Cuban farmers have passed on the secrets of this method to their chidren. Mariá Elena González Pellón, who is a…
Mr. Santana’s Rooftop Garden
Francisco Santana lives in the centre of the capital city of Havana, in Cuba. His apartment is on the second floor of a house. His terrace is on the rooftop of his neighbour’s house. One summer, his children were having trouble sleeping because of the heat. It was a long, hot summer. And on the…
A Village in India Promotes Sanitation
In the country of India there is a state called Orissa. In the rural areas of Orissa many of the roads and drains are used as open lavatories. During the rainy season, rainwater and water from the ponds, tanks and rivers mix with dried feces. Diseases such as diarrhea and dysentery spread throughout the communities….
The Importance of Latrines
Is human waste a problem near your home? Look around you. Think about the places where people usually make waste. Maybe the men defecate or urinate close to the river early in the morning. The women usually go behind the bushes for privacy. Children go everywhere! After you defecate, flies walk on your feces. When…
Dirty Water is Dangerous
Dirty water is dangerous. People make water dirty by urinating or defecating near ponds, wells, and rivers. Every year many people die from diseases spread by dirty water. Even if water looks clean, it may not be. It can contain harmful germs that are too small to see. These germs can cause diarrhea, dysentery, cholera,…
Local Plant Controls Pests in Lowland Rice
Here is good news for lowland rice farmers! Research in the Philippines shows that a plant called makabuhay (Tinospora rumphii) controls striped stemborers and green and brown leafhoppers. With fewer striped stemborers you will have fewer deadhearts and white heads among your rice plants. Farmers can make a homemade pesticide using makabuhay. Makabuhay is a…
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Characters: Narrator Farmer Malex Mr. Kufa: Agricultural Extension Worker Narrator: These days many farmers use only one type of pest control – chemical pesticides. But this can cause problems. One problem is that pesticides become less effective as time goes on. At first they seem to work well. But as time goes on you may…
A Fodder Hedge Provides Feed for Cattle in the Dry Season
The dry season can be hard on cattle – and their owners. Animals may lose weight because they don’t get enough good feed. If your cattle lose weight in the dry season, it will take much longer to raise them to market size. You lose both time and money. Some farmers have a way to…
Chickens Eat Ticks on Cattle
Save and edit this resource as a Word document Characters Bessy, a dairy cow Lulu, a chicken Narrator Narrator: It’s a pleasant morning in Cowtown. The sun is shining and the grass is sweet. But Bessy the cow is not happy. Let’s listen as she complains to her friend Lulu the chicken. SOUND EFFECTS CHICKEN…
A House to Keep Chickens Healthy
When you are building the house make sure that the birds will have enough space. You don’t want to crowd them. If you have 25 birds the chicken house should be about 15 metres long and 10 metres wide. So now you have a chicken house. But the birds can’t stay in the house all…