October 2016

The need for short term training on sesame seedbug (Elasmolomus Sordidus Forsk) control to farmers and agricultural extension workers: A case study at Kafta-Humera Seasame fields, Northern Ethiopia

For many years, Sesame producing farmers in Kafta–Humera, northern Ethiopia had been trying to protect their Sesame crop from infestation. However, it was not effective because of re-infestation by pest within a few days after pesticide spray. As a result. in the area, where this research was conducted, the infestation and damage level of the pest were increasing year after year. This study assessed farmers’...

Author(s): Muez Berhe and Berhanu Abraha