Introducing pesticide safe vegetable farming 2007

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Nur’Liani binti Kiplie

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May be chemical substances

Protection against fungi and insect pest

Control organism considered harmful Mosquitoes can transmit deadly disease like yellow

fever and malaria

Applied to crops either before/after harvest

In forms of spray and dust

Environmental Friendly

Organic resources

Minimal adverse

environmental effect

Less harm to human/animal

health and ecosystem

Soil-dwelling bacterium

Biological alternative

Cry toxin extracted and used as pesticide

Occurs naturally - Moths and Butterflies

- Dark surface of plants

BT Strains during SPORULATION

Crystal Proteins (ENDOTOXINS)

Insect Pesticides

Homemade Pesticides: Cheaper and Easier

Tobacco/Nicotine Spray

Salt Spray

Garlic Spray

Dead Bug Spray

1 cup of Tobacco

1 gallon of Water

Warning: Don’t use this solution on peppers, tomatoes, eggplants

Tobacco chemicals can kill these types of plants!

• tobacco

• waterMIX 24 hoursWAIT

Color(shade of weak

tea)CHECK

Smelly spray

Used for slugs

1 garlic bulb

1 quart of water

1 medium onion

1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon liquid dish soap

Crush the garlic

Add chopped onion

Add cayenne pepper

Wait an hour, add the soap

Store in fridge

Way to beat bug problem:

Dead corps of same insects

Do NOT use flies, ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes:

carry many communicable human diseases!

SAFER

• Less chemical substances

• Crops, People and The Environment

IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY IN VEGETABLE FARMING

• Without: Food Production would decline

• Short Supply and Price Would Increase

MAINTENANCE OF AESTHETIC QUALITY

• Protect human health from disease carrying organism

• Protection of other organism from pests

MAXIMIZE BENEFITS OF OTHER INPUTS

• High quality seeds, fertilizers and precious water resources

CONSUMER

• Market full with food that is safer, nutritious and affordable