8 practical guides on Crop protection, written for Indian farmers and home growers.
A plant disease app can identify a problem in seconds — or confidently give you the wrong answer and cost you a spray. The difference is almost entirely in how you photograph the plant and how you read the result.
Agricultural drones cut spraying from hours to minutes per acre, and subsidies go as high as 80 per cent for women's self-help groups. But buying one is rarely the right move for an individual farmer. Here is the honest arithmetic.
Not every insect in your field is an enemy — most are neutral, and some are your best free workers. A full visual guide to the beneficial insects worth protecting, the pest insects worth acting on, and the diseases behind common crop symptoms.
One kills fast and takes your beneficial insects with it. The other works slowly but keeps working season after season. Here is an honest comparison of natural vs chemical pesticide — and the framework for deciding which belongs in your sprayer this week.
Brinjal and okra are two of India's most widely grown vegetables — and two of the most heavily sprayed, often for the wrong reasons. A practical identification and IPM guide to the pests and diseases that actually matter.
A problem spotted on day one is cheap to control; a week later it can take the whole field. Learn the tell-tale signs of blights, rusts, wilts and viruses.
For food you and your customers will eat, natural pest control protects your health, your soil and your wallet while keeping pests in check.
IPM doesn't mean 'no chemicals' — it means 'chemicals last'. Done well, it cuts spraying costs and stops pests becoming resistant to your sprays.
