|
“How can something so small be such an annoyance?”
We’ve all had this thought after having been
bitten by a mosquito or having survived a paper cut. In Honduras, a tiny spider
mite is having just such an outsize impact on the cultivation of strawberries, a
valuable export crop there.
Improved Practices Yield Stud Spuds in Ecuador
(pdf)
Agricultural development is
essential for improved well-being in rural Ecuador. As much as 40 percent of the
population relies on agriculture as its primary source of income and
agricultural exports account for a significant proportion of foreign exchange
revenue. In the highlands, potatoes are a major staple, and more than 90,000
producers grow them on about 60,000 hectares of land. Potato production is
associated with heavy use of chemical inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers.
| 
