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Title
Pest Management and the Vegetable Farmer in Trinidad and Tobago
Keywords
Trinidad and Tobago have historically not been big; vegetable producers and during peak agricultural production,; impetus was on estate cultivation. Traditionally, production; has occurred on small farms found as isolated units or as subdivisions; within larger acreages. Producers generally have no; time and cannot employ labour required for well balanced; pest management while maintaining profits. Local consumerism; dictates the range and variety of vegetables cultivated.; Research is often not sufficiently relevant to field situations; and transfer of technology does nor seem very effective,; resulting in unhealthy farming practices. More applied; research, effective education of farmers and consumers, objecivity; in seletion for land distribution and training, central; control of pest management, and greater incentive for; motivating more people toward total dedication to agriculture; are recommended.
Author(s)
Jones, Mona T.
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Issue Date
Oct 21 1984
Publication Type
Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.261585
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/261585
Language
English
Total Pages
4