Population: 31 million Area: 147,181 square kilometers Major Languages: Nepali Major religions: Hinduism & Buddhism Life Expectancy: men-68 years, women-70years Currency: Nepalese Rupee

Adventure Zambuling Trek Pvt. Ltd., photograph.

“Now fungicide and liquid fertilizer do mix”

AZteroid Fertilizer Compatible Fungicide. (2016). AZteroid Product Use Information.

• AzTeroid Fungicide is azoxystrobin based & can be mixed with liquid fertilizer without clogging or crystallization in irrigation lines

• Azoxystrobin is a systemic fungicide • AZteroid can be applied via in-furrow or foliar

Foliar application In-furrow application Above ground irrigation system

Nelson Irrigation, Wheel Line, photograph. Cornell Small farms Program, foliar spray treatment, 2015, photograph

Potatoes at WSU, at planting in-furrow sprayer, photograph

• Vive Crop Protection owns the AzTeroid product, Vive Crop Protection is based in Toronto and has research facilities in Guelph

• AzTeroid is currently not on the market; it is still being launched • It won’t be available for purchase or registered use in Nepal for a

while • Manufactured in the USA • No prices determined yet; however similar products containing

azoxystrobin typically retail for 10 USD per acre

• 75 fungal diseases are pathogenic to maize crops in Nepal • Maize is the second most important crop in Nepal • Second most produced crop in Nepal, after rice

G. Ortiz Ferrara, Feed the Future, photograph

• May create jobs for Vive Crop Protection in Toronto

• May create new research projects overseas

References AZteroid Fertilizer Compatible Fungicide. (2016). AZteroid Product Use Information. Irwin, C., Anderson, D., Dinglasan, J., Pham, H., Gong, R., & Poon, G. (2016). Foliar Application of Azoxystrobin Products for the Control of Corn Foliar Diseases. http://www.vivecrop.com/AZteroid_2015cornfoliarfieldresults.pdf Irwin, C., Anderson, D., Dinglasan, J., Pham, H., Gong, R., & Poon, G. (2016). In-Furrow Control of Corn Soilborne Disease with a Combination of Starter Fertilizer and Azoxystrobin. http://www.vivecrop.com/AZteroid_2015corninfurrowfieldresults.pdf. Kulasekera, K. (2016). Estimated Area, Yield, Production and Farm Value of Specified Field Crops, Ontario, 2011 - 2015 (Imperial and Metric Units). Omafra.gov.on.ca. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/stats/crops/estimate_new.htm products. (2016). Vive Crop Protection. Retrieved 17 October 2016, from http://vivecrop.com/products/ Subedi, S. (2015). A review on important maize diseases and their management in Nepal. Journal Of Maize Research And Development (2015), 28-52, 28-46. Adventure Zambuling Trek Pvt. Ltd., photograph. Cornell Small farms Program, foliar spray treatment, 2015, photograph Potatoes at WSU, at planting in-furrow sprayer, photograph Nelson Irrigation, Wheel Line, photograph. G. Ortiz Ferrara, Feed the Future, photograph