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Give examples where biological methods have been used in pest management. | ['Alot of research has been done on biological control on biological control on a number of crops and against pests and diseases'] |
What causes brown spot on the cassava leaf. | ['These spots are caused by viruses', 'Different diseases (and by the way soil nutrition and environmental stresses) may cause leaf spots on plant leaves, including cassava'] |
Causes of drought | ['Unreliable rain forest', 'Excessive drainage of swamps,rivers', 'Charcoal burning'] |
Which type of chemical is good to spray beans during this rainy season? | ['Spray with a pesticide like rocket to kill the bean fly and a fungicide to get rich of fungal diseases like dumping off', 'Enid, it will depend upon the challenge your encounting on the field, fore instances if there exist a combined range of pests, please use dimethoate range of pesticides, but if it is one and just at the on set stage, then cypermethren will work for you. if the problem is fungal, and clearly seen in the field, use the systemic range of fungicides like mistress, victory ànd or rhdomil, and you feel you want to prevent the problem from occurring, then use the contact fungicides like agrozeb, indofil, fungicil and the like.'] |
What is the price of maize ( grains) in mbale ? | ['After one month'] |
Can a disease be transmitted to clean planting material if i use a knife used for peeling diseased cassava tubers | ['No, the diseases are transmitted only through use of diseased stems or by whitefly'] |
Apart from burning cassava stems, what other solution can i give a farmer whose garden are affected by brown streak disease? | ['Burning of stems may be expensive to farmers. we advise that you uproot the affected cassava and put it aside in the sun to dry naturally. '] |
How can aflatoxins be controlled in maize grains? | ["For beans it's 50cmx30cm and 10cmx 30cm for soya", 'Any pesticide can do e.g. rocket, dudu guard, etc'] |
What is the best season and spacing for planting long 5 maize in arua? | ['Both seasons. spacing at 75 cm x 60 cm plant 2 seeds per hole or 75 cm x 30 cm plant 1 seed per hole'] |
Apart from yellowist leaves of the cassava, what are the other danger signs of cbsd especially in the northern part of uganda | ['Signs of cbsd are leaf yellowing along the veins, stem lessons, root flesh browning and tuber construction'] |
Ln the villages ladies harvest cassava and put directly to furment in water for 3-5 days does it has no health problem csamuel arua | ['Cassava fermentation has been practices since time.immemorial. it is good for certain cassava varieties which are mainly bitter. ', 'Fermentation improves cassava nutrition value thru enhancing protein and detoxifying cyanide content'] |
Hello everyone , how is the project moving? any updates for us . | ['We need to receive questions from all of you and i appeal to my fellow experts to always try and respond to the queries'] |
How can we i control pests from. tomatoes rety mayuge? | ['Contact ngetta zardi', 'Tomatoes are attacked by different pests and diseases. the control will depend on type of pest and disease. for instance, the diseases especially wilts are controlled with fungicides. the pests like fruit borers are controlling with a range of pesticides. and the new pest tuta absoluta is also being controlled using a number of pesticides. you may need to be specific'] |
How can i improve fertility of soil for proper production of maize without application of fertilizer | ['Never burn the grass in the field, early land preparation and.make sure the grass is mixed up in the soil, you can also make some organic manure which you can apply during planting', 'Use of organic manure', 'Use of organic manure', 'Crop rotation', 'Proper tillage and enough time given for decomposition'] |
My payments off the 2 weeks,why was it like that? moving from one garden to onther is not..... | ["Aaahh, payments, payments. have we ever failed to pay someone within the promised time? let's be considerate. patience pays", 'Seen'] |
Good evening farmers and technical team? this to request you to let us know the the spraying chamical to use in beans before flowering.
| ['Many farmer use fuger cide'] |
Which fertilizers is applied to crops in 4-6 weeks after germination to promote rapid growth | ['Sulphate of ammonia', 'Rapid grow'] |
Where can i get clean material for planting | ['Visit you subcounty agricultural office for advice', 'You can get good planting material from nacrri'] |
Where can i get best varieties of cassava in katakwi | ['Contact nabuin in moroto or serere agricultural research. look for the contact of mr. kodet from the chat group and talk to him'] |
Can we get good market of maize | ['Maize is having a good market at the moment ( fresh and dry). no worries'] |
How can bean seedlings which have developed holes on leaves be cared for? | ['Spray with a pesticide to control leaf eaters'] |
Farmers, cantact me on i need 20 tuns of sweet potatoes. | ['Hope our farmers contacted you'] |
What is the quantity of cross dust needed for treating 100kgs if beans and maize? from a farmer in terego district | ['Be specific still, in the field or store and against what????'] |
What are the factors affecting response of crops to fertilizers | ['Poor soil'] |
How can soilborn diseases be controlled in bean garden? | ['Planting deferent crops in the garden after season'] |
How will you help farmers to manage stray animals as one of the most serious pest in langley subr | ['Talk to your sub county and district leaders especially councillors'] |
What can bring cassva diseases | ['Whiteflies and farmers using diseased stems'] |
Who can discribe for ne new naro bean seed looks like | ['There are 7 narobean varieties, five of which are bush/short type and 2 are climbers. you should point to a particular variety and you will get the descriptions, otherwise we should also put the pictures in resources'] |
Is it good idea to intercrop maize with g.nut | ['Yes to encourage crop cover'] |
Farmers cry of bitter cassava in the community of nabinyu village of kapyanga s/c bugiri district | ['Yes there are some cassava types that are naturally bitter. these need not be eaten fresh. need to ferment or process to remove the bitter substance then you can eat it as ugali. always ask the owner of the garden if the variety is a sweet one or not because bitter cassava can kill especially children and the eldery.'] |
From the current 2020 to2021 research among bean scientists in uganda which type of bean variety gives the most high yeilds in south western uganda and especially in kabale high lands? musinga david abean farmer from katuna town council. | ['Sugar 31 or nabe 12c, locally called masavu'] |
How best can i prevent white fly | ['It is mainly recommended that you use resistant/tolerant cassava varieties'] |
Can maize grow in relatively rocky soils? | ['When the area is absolutely fertile'] |
. explain why it is not recommended to replant seeds saved from previously grown maize hybrids. | [', hiybrids are most viable once planted in one season and not save seed for next season to avoid back crossing, which reduces the vigour and bring back parentage characteristics '] |
How much does a bag of fresh maize bought rety namayanja mayuge? | ['A bag will depend in weight. the price is normally estimated at 1kg, 100kg or 1ton', 'Or if it is fresh maize they talk of number of cobs or price per cob. or else contact the district commercial office'] |
Are the questions to be limited within the three crops only ie beans, maize and cassava? | ['Unless it is mixed seed otherwise they should similar. except sukari (climbing beans) which at times has mixed spots intensity', "My dear, these are two different things. let you not be confused by the fanatics. hybrids are produced through the normal traditional breeding system. could even be by hands. a hybrid is a 1st generation cross. e.g. cross a & b with the desired characteristics you want mainly yield. if you plant it again, there may be segregation and effect of further uncontrolled crossing. genetically modified products are done through may be engineering. don't worry about these for now. ", 'All are good at different stages e.g dap at planting to stimulate root growth while npk is a compound fertiliser (n for vegetative growth, p and k for tuber growth and enlargement '] |
Why do maize grains sometimes appear with different colors after maturity having planted the same seeds? | ['The most popular new bush bean varieties are narobean 1 to 3. they can be bought from nacrri, naro holdings, harvest plus, genuine input shops, etc. u may go to bulindi for more information', 'If you use conservation agricultural practices like permanent planting basins, an acre has 7000 basins each planting 3 seeds, in which the acre will require 21,000 seeds and depending on the variety, this may not vary so much from the conventional methods ', 'You can use what ever foliar fertilizer on market accessible to you, but currently super grow is one of the best foliar fertilizer for beans ', 'Could be some element of early harvesting'] |
How may stages does american bill worm undergoes on maize | ['Please get rid of all the stock you have (if you still have some). even if they recovered, dispose them off. disinfect the pigsty and all that u use. wait for atleast three months and disinfect again, then restock atleast six months after. be sure of the source, avoid dogs and birds on your farm (or wild animals which may move the disease from one place to another)', '13percent is good enough for storage', 'It depends on main crop but normally farmers may plant maize first since it takes a longer growth period than beans'] |
Did researchers get herbicides for army warms? kiboga | ['Army worms are controlled with pesticides and not herbicides. can use rocket imado...., etc. it better u start early e.g. monitored 10 days after germination. '] |
What fertilizeris applied on maize at planting stage? | ['Diammonium phosphate', 'Dap or organic manure'] |
Maize leaves have turned to a yellow colour during the flowering period and the plant has a stunted growth what could be the cause and what chemical can i use? from musings david kabale , katuna town council | ["This is due to lack of nitrogen in the soils. always apply nitrogen fertilizer 1 month after germination when there's enough moisture in the soil and no weeds in the garden "] |
What cultural methods are good in controlling soil erosion in maize gardens especially in hilly areas of kigezi? | ['Terracing'] |
Which agricultural method can be used to improve on soil fertility | ['Mulching'] |
Among the varieties of beans which one is more resistant to pests and diseases | ['Firstly, nutrient management in amy crops should be based results and recommendations after soil analysis. blind application of fertilizers are costly and counter productive. however, for bean a number of fertilizers are used, most commonly, npk, dap, urea, ', 'The new bean varieties are tolerant to diseases. they mature faster and escape the pest problems. they also tolerate the drought and high rainfall amount', 'All new naro bean varieties are tolerant to pests and diseases especially if the farmer does the agronomy practices as recommended. these beans have been bread for high nutrients, resistance to pests and diseases, early maturing and high yields. the advantage is that they mature early and escape the problems of pests.'] |
We keep struggling wz getting inform'n but no payment y really? | ['Contact gloria '] |
What is the planting depth for cassava? | ['Please check in earlier questions. i answered it two weeks ago. it depends on planting method'] |
What is the best weather for growing beans in mbale | ['Plant beans at start of rain, as soon as possible. you will realize better yield when you do that..'] |
What is the spacing necessary for cassava naro 17? | ['Did you mean narocass 1, generally for cassava use 1x1metres ', 'Generally the saving of cassava is 1meter x 1 meter despite the fertility and variety', 'I meant spacing and not saving'] |
How can farmers control cassava mosaic? | ['The most popular new bush bean varieties are narobean 1 to 3. they can be bought from nacrri, naro holdings, harvest plus, genuine input shops, etc. u may go to bulindi for more information', 'There are a number of value added products on the market. this is mainly the new naro bean varieties rich in iron and zinc. please contact harvest plus for details', 'D.a.p at planting. 1 bottle top per hole at a spacing of 75cm x 30cm and 2 bottle tops at a spacing of 75cm x 60cm directly in the holes. make sure you cover that fertilizer with little soil before putting in seed.\n\nurea at 1 month from germination. 1 bottle top at a spacing of 75cm x 30cm 2 bottle tops at a spacing of 75cm x 60cm. put this fertilizer some 15cm away from the base of the maize plant \n\nnote:- 1. do not put this fertilizer onto the leaves because it will burn the maize \n\n2. apply the fertilizer after weeding \n\n3. apply the fertilizer when there is moisture in the soil', 'The best way of controll the cassava mosaic is by identifying the affected plant and uprooting it and burn the affected plant\n\nwe can controll cassava mosaic by practicing crop rotation inorder to destroy the life cycle of the disease causing agent'] |
What are the prominent signs and symptoms of cbsd | ['Veinal chlorosis, stem lesions and root necrosis/ browning in roots'] |
Which one is the best variety of cassava in the country at the moment in terms of yield and resistance? | ['Narocass1. it yields highly and is resistant to diseases'] |
How can i know my soil fertility is good production of beans | ['Moses, please do soil testing and share your results with the scientist '] |
Good afternoon my colleagues and management iwas operated that's why am not responding or seen but am trying to get fair | ['Sorry shaban.'] |
What transmits cassava mosaic? | ['Cassava mosaic is mostly transmitted by planting infected planting materials and white flies.', 'Cassava mosaic disease is transmitted by a virus that is carried by whiteflies from one plant to another', 'White fly'] |
What is the current price of maize? | ['500#', 'In amolatar is 600=per kg', "In nakaseke it's 850#"] |
I would like to know the maize diseases and that of beans | ['Maize streak virus disease, maize leaf blight, grey leaf spot, maize lethal necrosis disease'] |
Which type of beans can move verywell in market in lira | ['Since you stay that side, u could find out, but generally, red mottled beans are marketable everywhere', 'As a farmer, it is good to do your own survey and inquiries from your area. visit produce stores, markets, shops, institutions, etc'] |
Which fertilizer is best for increase of productive of beans | ['Dap is the best fertilizer', 'Npk'] |
What is the recommended spacing for planting maize | ['At least a metre'] |
How can the farmer store his /her maize grain safely . | ['Use a maize crib but if not available, dry maize properly before storin', 'By drying well and put in the smart sillo ', 'Fred, you can also use hematic bags, which are air tight. dry maize very well, sherry them off from the cob, clean the grain from chaff and fill the bag and tie very well, but protect from rats '] |
What is the nature of soil used for planting cassava in pader | ['Bacterias and fungi.cause most of the cassava root rots. '] |
I bought maize seed from a seed outlet shop but it didn't germinate.what should i do?. | ["If you have the receipt, get back to them and explain. it's most common that farmers don't take that seriously making it difficult for one to justify that he / she bought maize seeds from that particular outlet.", 'It may have been fake seed or expired. or you planted when there was not enough moisture in the soil. eliminate the growing conditions if they were suitable and go back to that shop'] |
What should be considered while chosing good seeds to plant | ['This depends on beliefs from a certain area but it is true most diseases are soil bone. but this is not practical for a bigger field', 'Suitability to the production area, torelance to pests and diseases, maturity period, production objective, etc'] |
What common diseases affect beans in jinja? c.bagalana
| ['This question is not called for. you only need to describe the disease problem you have if any by way of symptoms if you are to receive applicable solutions/advice'] |
How can we control army warm in maize? | ['Start pest monitoring as early as one week after planting. at early infestation,you may use rocket. if the pest infestation is high, rocket may not work,. use amdocs. better to spray in the evening (due to pest feeding habit)'] |
Which type of feralizee is good in planting maize? | ['Npk zan after 1 month urea', 'Maize is planted using dap or poultry manure. these provide the required phosphorous to enhance root development but also nitrogen to fasten leaf development', 'Dap is the best', 'Npk'] |
Is it a good practice to apply fertilizers to beans at flowering stage? | ['Not much necessary. u know at flowering, beans are remaining with less than 35 days to maturity. unless it is a foliar fertiliser or boron or potassium to make the flowers strong. at this time we need potassium and or micro nutrients for pod formation and growth'] |
What is the spacing of narocas1 since it tends to be bushy? | ['Use a maize crib but if not available, dry maize properly before storin'] |
Ekka emu eyebijanjalo nambaale omumpi avaamu ensawo klg 100 mekka? | ['They are very similar at the young stage but at harvest, nase 19 has longer tubers', 'One acrae of nambale short can give you eight hundred kgs.'] |
Does cassava give high yields in clay soils? | ["Soil fertility is key in maize production especially npk. don't use water logged soils (ensure well drained soils). hence, a good loam soil is advantageous"] |
If i am to plant beans in ntungamo what kind of beans should i plant ? | ['Short beans for example nambale.', 'Try kaki short and try to space them 2feet by10cm '] |
Why my beans are geminating with yellow leaves. | ['They still lack chlorophyll to determine their colours', 'Use coding or ather manure', 'The seeds can be diseased or the soil has problems'] |
How can we control cbb? | ['Use healthy planting materials free of cbb symptoms'] |
Where can i get narocas 1of cassava variety in amolatar? | ['Ask olobo daniel or etap hellen of amolatar'] |
What makes weeds so competitive with crops in the garden? | ['There must be a pest (caterpillar) causing this. please use any insecticide to spray against this kind of pest', 'Please contact lady gloria for advise '] |
Which distric in uganda has the highest cassava plantation | ['Koboko', 'How is u wrok am isaiah kalaki'] |
I almost visited the farms within my reach, how do l move far since there is no facilitation ? | ['Please if you cant, then just visit farms within your reach. you can repeat fields after 3 or 4 weeks. situations always change after sometime'] |
What causes bean pods to develop water ? | ['Sucking pest'] |
what's the best season for growing cassava? | ['April and sept'] |
What is the scientific name for (kindimumpale)? | ['All the edible cassava we have is scientifically refered to as manihot esculenta. may be u meant the variety name. when farmers receive planting materials, they refer to them with different names depending on maturity or growth period, yield, productivity, person who introduced it, etc. it is better to contact an agricultural office who will look at the plants and or roots and match with a certain variety description(s)'] |
Baale constituency is dry, which type of maize seed can be grown? | ['Not recommended because as the beans climb maize, it affects the performance of maize. ', 'Which beans? the seed or plants in the garden? in the garden, we have always advised to look out for these possible causes i.e. poor soils, lack of moisture in the soil, soil ph issues, pests especially bean fly, diseases like root rot, etc', 'Seen'] |
What are. good valiets of beans to plant and. what those ones | ['The plant nutrients are divided into macro and micro nutrients. macro or essential are a must and required in bigger quantities. e.g. nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcoumetcmicro nutrients are required in small/trace quantities and too much may cause toxicity to the crop and human life e.g. zinc, manganese, iron, copper, boron, chlorine, etc', 'Start pest monitoring as early as one week after planting. at early infestation,you may use rocket. if the pest infestation is high, rocket may not work,. use amdocs. better to spray in the evening (due to pest feeding habit)', 'Resty i was not satisfied with de reply because question was about good varliets not nutrients'] |
Which chemical is best for controlling insects which distroyes beans leave | ['Marathon', 'Like indicated earlier, most pesticides (especially contact pesticides) can kill these leaf eating insects'] |
Why is it that maizecob begins to rot before rippening | ['If it is not a maize smut problem or too much rain, then we refer to the maize program especially mr. moses ebellu'] |
What cause beans to dry at flowering stage mostly when its heavely raining? | ["The diseases are many but it's not that they come at flowering stage. they start way before flowering but disease symptoms are clearer towards or at flowering.\nhowever a number of insect pests appear at flowering including flower bettles, thrips", 'Nothing much but if you come across a good flower strengthening foliar fertiliser, use it. also think of using new naro varieties'] |
For how long does a farmer keep the seeds for planting | ['One month'] |
What are the side effects of preservatives on human health.?. | ['Causes death if not properly use'] |
What is the importance of the storage organs to plants | ['Store food which provides energy use during germination or growth', 'Storage organ is apart modified for storage of energy'] |
What chemical pesticide can be best used to kill the army fall worm in kiboga and kyankwanzi,and the apllication rate per acre? | ['Amdocs and chrobenzo'] |
What is the recommendable moisture content required for bean storage. | ['Preferably 13% and less', 'But endeavor to use the local methods i have talked about above to avoid storing beans with a high moisture content. such beans are very susceptible to weevil attack, fungi. '] |
Can you send someone afeed back when he is not doing the right thing. | ['We surely can do that. '] |
Farmers ask for good planting materials of cassava in bugiri district | ['There are improved cassava varieties like narocass1 and nase 14 which can be bought from james walude in kamuli. he is also on this platform.you can contact him'] |
How can a farmer increase the variability of maize in arder to get good yeilds | ['Moses, the word cleaning simply means making pure, so depending on the context of the bean cleaner, i want to think that it may be the winowing technology where beans are easily separated from chaff after harvesting. but also there is a herbicides which is called bean clean, which is used to spray in bean fields, it kills all the other plants and leaves beans clean. '] |
What is the best season for beans? | ['Second season is the best for growing beans .because it has constant rain'] |
How do you safeguard the planting stems against termites? | ['By used of insecticide'] |
What kind of herbicide can be used to weed beans | ['Consult call center team ', 'At the moment, the issue is not only on yield but tolerance to diseases especially the csvd and cmd. even if you get yield but diseased roots, they may not be useful. you are advised to plant narocas 1', 'But how do you eat it? it is all brown. unless some parts are still white (not attacked), one can peel and cook or dry for making flour', 'Weed control can be applied preplan incorporated with in one week before planting', 'Weed control can be applied preplan incorporated with in one week before planting', 'Pontent and bean clean ate the best hercide yo weed beans'] |
What causes biternes in maize flour candia samuel logiri arua | ['That is a resul3of aflatoxin! poor handling, poor storage and poor processing of maize. maize needs to be dried well and kept in a cool dry place to get good quality our'] |
When maize cross pollinates, does it change the variety | ['Yes , that is why seeds production is done in isolation.', 'To me i think if the two varieties of maize are crossed, say by wind or bees, one can definitely come up with a completely different variety (hybrid)', 'No if cross pollination z taking place within the same spices of the plants'] |
Will u provide us with transport to the field | ['No but you will be paid reward for the pictures sent .you will use this for transport'] |
What is the best method of controlling cbsd? | ['What chemicals are we talking about? proper use of chemicals (right type, dosage, concentration and timely application) is safe to the environment'] |