Farmers’ knowledge of integrated pest management and learning style preferences: Implications for information delivery

Pouratashi, Mahtab; Iravani, H

doi:10.1080/09670874.2012.724468

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“…In the present study, all sites were accessible by roads (Kirchhof et al, 2009) it is likely that levels of knowledge and active pest and disease management are still lower in the more remote areas of the PNG Highlands. Farmer-to-farmer interactions are an important source of information sharing on pest management (Adam, Sindi & Badstue, 2015; Pouratashi & Iravani, 2012) but this communication channel is impeded in PNG by tribal conflict, and this underscores the importance of extension efforts and initiatives such as the development of a pathogen-tested planting material scheme. Among the challenges for such a scheme is that many dozens of sweetpotato varieties are grown in the Highlands of PNG so the scheme would need to ‘clean-up’ and make available a wide range of cultivars to meet farmers’ needs.…”

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Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Gurr

Liu

Johnson

et al. 2016

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Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatans) is a food crop of global significance. The storage roots and foliage of crop are attacked by a wide range of pests and diseases. Whilst these are generally well controlled in developed countries using approaches such as clean planting material and monitoring with pheromone traps to guide insecticide use, research into methods suitable for developing countries has lagged. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), sweetpotato is grown extensively as a subsistence crop and commercial production as a cash crop is developing. We report results from a survey of 33 smallholder producers located in the Highlands of PNG where the crop is of particular importance. Surveys of interviewees’ crops showed high levels of pest and disease impact to foliage, stems and storage roots, especially in crops that were several years old. Weevils (Curculionidae) were reportedly the most damaging pests and scab (caused by the fungus Elisnoe batatus) the most damaging disease. Most producers reported root damage from the former and foliar damage from the latter but the general level of knowledge of pest and disease types was low. Despite the apparency of pest and disease signs and symptoms and recognition of their importance by farmers, a large majority of producers reported practiced no active pest or disease management. This was despite low numbers of farmers reporting use of traditional cultural practices including phytosanitary measures and insecticidal plants that had the scope for far wider use. Only one respondent reported use of insecticide though pesticides were available in nearby cities. This low level of pest and disease management in most cases, likely due to paucity in biological and technical knowledge among growers, hampers efforts to establish food security and constrains the development of sweetpotato as a cash crop.

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Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

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Liu

Johnson

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“…Elgon, eastern Uganda which shows that men had a significantly higher mean score on coffee IPM knowledge index than women (Ochago et al, 2016). Similarly, Pouratashi and Iravani, (2012) found out that males were more familiar with alternatives for controlling pests than their female counterparts. This could in part due to the fact that males participate more in production of cash (commercial) crops such as coffee whereas, females are more involved in food crops like beans.…”

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Farmers’ Knowledge of Pests and Diseases in the Coffee-Banana Agroforestry Systems of Mid-Eastern Uganda

Kobusinge¹,

Godfrey²,

Abisagi³

et al. 2018

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Recent trends in agricultural research and development recommend incorporating farmers' knowledge and experience into the research agenda. A questionnaire was therefore administered to 10 purposively selected households per district in 7 randomly selected districts located in the coffee-banana agroforestry system of mid-eastern Uganda to determine farmers' knowledge of pests and diseases of coffee and bananas. Most of the respondents interviewed had knowledge of the pests and diseases attacking both coffee and bananas. The black coffee twig borer (BCTB) and coffee wilt disease (CWD) were the most commonly reported pests-by 46 and 72% of the respondents respectively. Farmers' knowledge of BCTB was significantly (p=0.0391) dependent on sex, but not age or education of the respondent. On the other hand, their knowledge of CWD was not dependent on age, sex nor educational level. For the bananas, the banana weevils and banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) were the most commonly mentioned pests-by 21 and 84% of the respondents respectively. More than 50% of the respondents were employing cultural practices for managing BCTB, CWD, banana weevil, nematodes, black ants (kaasa) and BXW. However, more than 65% of the respondents had limited knowledge of managing the biting ants, mites, coffee leaf rust and red blister disease, caterpillars and black sigatoka. This therefore calls for more awareness campaign on all pests and diseases of both crops in the region.

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“…After attending such field schools as the IPM-FFS and the Landscape IPM, the farmers gained more understanding about identification of the species of pests that attack the plants, so that they can adjust the use of chemical pesticides according to the species of pests. Such IPM training as field schools allows farmers to significantly reduce the use of pesticides because of their improve ability to make decisions regarding pest management (Pouratashi & Iravani, 2012).…”

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The Knowledge and Attitude of Integrated Pest Management Farmers Field Schools Alumni toward the Use of Pesticides in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia

Kusumawardani

Martono

Trisyono

et al. 2019

JPTI

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The field schools in Indonesia employ an extension alternative model that is considered appropriate to change the habits and behavior of farmers to make them IPM experts in their field. This study was conducted to understand the behavior (knowledge and attitude) of farmers who have joined field schools, i.e. Integrated Pest Management Farmers Field School (IPM-FFS) and Landscape Integrated Pest Management (Landscape IPM), toward the use of pesticides in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia. The research used a survey method with purposively selected respondents comprising 55 farmers of the IPM alumni and 25 farmers of the Landscape IPM alumni. A descriptive analysis was conducted to analyze the farmers' knowledge and attitude toward the use of pesticides. Mann-Whitney U-test analysis was performed using Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 23, to compare the knowledge and attitude of farmers regarding the use of pesticides. The results showed that the knowledge of farmers of the Landscape IPM alumni regarding the use of pesticides was higher than that of farmers of the IPM-FFS alumni. There was no difference in the behavior of farmers between the IPM-FFS alumni and the Landscape IPM alumni regarding their attitude toward the use of pesticides.

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Farmers’ knowledge of integrated pest management and learning style preferences: Implications for information delivery

Cited by 38 publications

References 8 publications

Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Farmers’ Knowledge of Pests and Diseases in the Coffee-Banana Agroforestry Systems of Mid-Eastern Uganda

The Knowledge and Attitude of Integrated Pest Management Farmers Field Schools Alumni toward the Use of Pesticides in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia

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