Farmers' behaviour regarding use of integrated pest management technology upon Tomato in some villages of Beheira, Qalioubia, and Giza governorates
Abstract: The main objectives of this research were to identify:
1- Farmers' knowledge regarding kinds, appearance, and injuries of insects which affect tomato plants.
2- Farmers' knowledge regarding the concepts of: integrated pest management, insect, natural enemies, direct and residual effect of insecticides, and insect resistance to chemical insecticides.
3- Farmers' use of chemical insecticides, rotation, phytosanitation, and insect Crops.
A qualitative design was selected to conduct this research because of the wide range of possible responses from die participants. One of the strengths of a qualitative approach which uses focus group discussion is that the findings are based on the respondents descriptions of their experiences in their own words.
Data were collected by using a focus group discussion guide in February and march 1999. A random sample of 270 tomato growers were investigated it; groups (27 focus group discussions, each group consisted of 10 almost similar participants). These group discussions were held in nine villages in three governorates: Beheira, Qalyoubia, and Giza (3 villages per each governorate).
The results of the research revealed that:
- All participants have good perception about kind, appearance, and injuries of: the common mole cricket, the groezy cutworm, the whight fly, and aphids as pets which affect tomato plants. They perceive also that worms affect tomato but most of them cann't recognize kind , appearance, injueries of these worms (cotton leaf worm, tomato fruit- worm, and potato nodule worn), whereas they don't know much about one insect which was. Black Scarab.
- Participants perceive partly the concept of integrated pest management, and cann't differentiate between insects and harmful animals.
- Participants perception was good regarding the direct effect of insecticides, but they don't perceive the residual effect of insecticides, acquired resistance against insecticides.
- Participants know End use the recommended insecticides except few cases which use other insecticides such as that used for cotton pest control.
- Participants don't depend on agricultural rotation as a way of integrated pest management, and think that it is used only to kept, soil fertility".
- Participants get rid of crop residues. weeds, affected parts of plants as A resource of infection, but few of them who can use the right methods to do that.
-Participants don't believe in insect traps for insect control (it mostly due to lack of information about the life history of insects).
On the hight of the research findings seven recommendations were suggested to enhance farmers' knowledge and implementation regarding integrated pest Management technology used to control insects affecting tomato in the studied areas.
Publication year 1999
Pages 20
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library Agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 268
Organization Name
Country Egypt
City Giza
Publisher Name: Agricultural Research Centre – Egypt
serial title Bulletin of Agricultural Extension and Rural development Research Institute
Department Extension Programs Research Department
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
AGROVOC
TERMS		 Integrated pest management.
Publication Type Journal
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