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Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:10:22

Land preparation for rice

Preparing and levelling your land twice will help your field to be good and healthy. This will improve your harvest. In a field which is not levelled more weeds appear on the higher parts and you have to wait longer on the lowered parts, before you can start transplanting. Old seedlings tiller more poorly and […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:17:49

The rice seedbed

When the rice is broadcast, many seeds are wasted. To protect them, you should make a seedbed two weeks before transplanting. Farmers often broadcast before the rain starts. But when the rain comes later, the seeds ruin in the soil and the farmers have to sow again. Transplanting Transplanting saves seeds, water and nutrients. Because […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:17:01

Effective weed management in rice

Weeds are a problem for farmers ,because they take water and nutrients so the rice plants get less. Therefore, it is important to know how to handle weed properly. Not like rice, many weeds die underwater. The weeds seeds are found in the soil and spread with wind and rinse water. Some weed seeds are […]

Land management

Vegetables

Duration: 00:08:51

Managing tomato late blight

Tomatoes are one of the main grown vegetables world wide, eaten both raw and cooked as a main source of vitamins, minerals. They are sources of income for many farmers. Tomatoes are affected by many pests and diseases. Late blight is a major disease. Symptoms Dark leaf sores which later turn brown. Marshy dark brown […]

Land management

Vegetables

Duration: 00:10:38

Taking care of okra

Okra is a widely grown crop. Okra likes heat and tolerates drought. But low watering and weeds cause low okra production. Okra growing Use improved seed for better yields. On sandy soils, water three times a day for the first 10 days after sowing. Especially in hot and dry sun and the leaves wither. From […]

Land management

Vegetables

Duration: 00:11:15

Managing onion diseases

Onions grow under different conditions. They get sick in warm humid climate. Diseases are spread by soil, seed or infected residues. The symptoms of diseases in onions are brown oval spots, yellow streaks and folding of leaves. To grow healthy plants use improved seed varieties by seeking advice from consultants. Buy treated seed from trusted […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Vegetables

Duration: 00:09:13

Managing aphids in beans and vegetables

Aphids are black or green, small insects. By sucking the juice of plants, the cause slow growth. Virus diseases can be transmitted by aphids, too. Living environment Aphids live in colonies. In sunshine, they shelter to remain under the leaves. When aphids are fully grown, some get wings to spread further. Aphids secrete sweet liquid. […]

Land management

Roots & Tuber

Duration: 00:11:40

Cassava mosaic virus

Cassava is one of the main crops largely grown for both food and income for generations in Africa for farmers and processors. Cassava mosaic disease is one of the important diseases which affect the production. Symptoms It is caused by the cassava mosaic virus transmitted by the white flies. Sick plants can be identified by […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:08:30

Direct seeded rice in dry conditions

With sowing direct seeded rice in lines, you can solve the problem, that during puddling there is too little water. This works in puddled fields and in dry conditions as well. Many farmers plough a few times before puddling, but puddling needs much rain. Because of the weather changes it rains later and there isn‘t […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:13:32

Compost from rice straw

Making compost out of rice straw is a good way to earn some extra money and to keep the soil healthy. Therefore you can follow some guidelines. Rice straw can be used in various forms. But often farmers see it as waste because it doesn‘t compost well, is cheap to sell and there is too […]

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