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Reconocimiento fitosanitario en Chocontá, Villapinzón y Machetá by Nuñez Bueno, Ligia

“…Durante los días 16 y 17 de Marzo de 1976 se realizó un reconocimiento fitosanitario en la zona atendida Asistencia de Desarrollo Rural de Chocontá, que comprende los Municipios de Chocontá, Machet6 y Villa pinzón (fund). LOS principales cultivos en la zona son arveja, ajo, fresa, baba y maíz, hacia los cuales se dirigió el reconocimiento. …”
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Modelo productivo para el cultivo de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) para el departamento de Santander by Jaimes Suárez, Yeirme Yaneth, Agudelo Castañeda, Genaro Andrés, Báez Daza, Eliana Yadira, Rengifo Estrada, Gersain Antonio, Rojas Molina, Jairo

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Observaciones prácticas del uso en Nicaragua del herbicida MSMA by Sugrañez Hernández, Ramiro

“…En el cultivo de bananos, su uso ha proporcionado beneficios económicos hasta de C10.00 por manzana por aplicación, a la vez que un control de malezas mas efectivo que el método tradicional de limpiar con machetes. El buen control del zacate Chompipe que se ha obtenido usando este herbicida en plantaciones de Caña de Azúcar, ha proporcionado beneficios economicos, para el control de malezas conocido como Zacaton, el beneficio económico que se obtuvo fue hasta de C70.00 por manzanas. …”
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From hand tools to mechanization: characterizing gaps and opportunities for maize, bean, and coffee smallholders in Honduras by Patiño-Espejel, Joshua Esaú, Cabrera Meraz, Jeimy, Vásquez, Emil, Lopez Gomez, Jesús Antonio, Leal González, Abel Jaime, McLean-Rodríguez, Francis Denisse, Sanders, Arie, Odjo, Sylvanus, Van Loon, Jelle

“…Overall, the tools present in all sites and crops were found to be manual, such as machetes (almost 100%) and hoes (50-100%), planting sticks for corn and bean (65%), and post hole diggers for coffee (81.4%). …”
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Farmer friendly options for sterilizing farm tools for the control of Xanthomonas Wilt disease of banana by Ocimati, Walter, Tazuba, Anthony Fredrick Kadama, Blomme, Guy

“…Household bleach is costly and not accessible to the rural poor while repeated heating weakens metal blades of garden tools (machetes, knives, and hoes). Identification of economically viable tool sterilization options is thus crucial for XW management. …”
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An evaluation of farmer field school training on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Atwima District, Ashanti Region, Ghana by Gockowski, J., Asamoah, C., David, S., Nkamleu, G.B., Gyamfi, I., Agordorku, S., Kuti, M.A.

“…Specifically among the 2,800 Atwima cocoa producers sensitized since 2003 it is estimated that there are now 540 fewer childrenemployed in heavy field transport, 440 fewer children employed in clearing fields with machetes, and 170 fewer children employed in pesticide application. …”
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Assessment of weeds of cassava and farmers management practices in Nigeria by Ekeleme, F., Atser, G., Dixon, A., Hauser, S., Chikoye, David, Olorunmaiye, P.M., Sokoya, G., Alfred, J., Okwusi, M.C., Korieocha, D.S., Olojede, A.O., Ayankanmi, T.G., Lagoke, S.T.O.

“…In the Humid forest, hoe-weeding (51.2%) and slashing (43.0%) with machetes were the predominant methods of control. Herbicide use was high in the Southern Guinea Savanna and medium to high in the Derived Savanna (26.3-42.2%). …”
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