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Farmers' perception and management of pest hazard. A pilot study of a Punjabi village in Lower Indus Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Iqtidar H. Zaidi
Iqtidar H. Zaidi
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Karachi, Karachi-32, Pakistan
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Abstract

This study presents an interpretation of the way the Punjabi farmers in a village of the arid Sind perceive the pest hazard and the methods of management that they employ to deal with this situation. It is found that farmers do recognize the seriousness of the problem which consequently leads them to employ traditional as well as pesticide treatment of their crops. But because of financial handicap and other factors, they do not use pesticide regularly or in adequate quantity. As a result the control of pests remains ineffective.

Keywords

Pest perceptionpest damagepest managementPunjabSind farmers
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 5 , Special Issue 3: Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides , June 1984 , pp. 187 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1984

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