THE following article is the second of two on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in gardening and cash-crop production.

The following article is the first of two on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in gardening and cash crop production. The articles in this series are based on a presentation made by Ms. Elizabeth R.B. Church, a pest control adviser from California, USA, who holds an MSC in Agriculture, with emphasis on Plant Protection Science, and who visited Guyana and interacted with farmers recently, under the Partnership of America (POA) Farmer-to-Farmer programme.

THE article carried hereunder  is the final in a  series of articles on ‘back yard  composting’ or turning kitchen or backyard waste into useful manure. These articles are  based on a presentation  by Ms. Rhonda Sherman,  an Extension Specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University, USA.

The article carried hereunder is the fourth in a series on backyard composting, or turning kitchen or backyard waste into useful manure. These articles are based on a presentation made by Ms. Rhonda Sherman, an Extension Specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University, USA.