About Rice Hispa

Rice Hispa

The damage symptoms are seen as elongated, clear, feeding marks as white streaks of uneaten lower epidermis between the parallel leaf veins. Likewise, the presence of the insect confirms its damage.

A cultural control method that is recommended for the rice hispa is to avoid over fertilizing the field. Close plant spacing results in greater leaf densities that can tolerate higher hispa numbers. To prevent egg laying of the pests, the shoot tips can be cut. Clipping and burying shoots in the mud can reduce grub populations by 75-92%.

The larvae or grubs mine or tunnel inside the leaves as leaf miners. Then the larvae feed on the green tissues using their mandibulate mouthparts. During emergence, the adult beetle cuts its way out from the leaf. The adult insects are external feeders.

COMMON POULTRY DISEASES

WORLDWIDE COMMON POULTRY DISEASES

Most commonly encountered poultry diseases listed in alphabetical order. Less frequently observed diseases require consultation with a specialty disease manual. Click on the appropriate disease to see a discussion.

#Ascarid Worms

#Aspergillosis

#Blackhead

#Botulism

#Cage Layer Fatigue

#Cannibalism

#Capillaria

#Cecal Worms

#Chiggers

#Coccidiosis

#Erysipelas

#E. coli

#Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome

#Fowl Cholera

#Fowl Pox

#Fowl Typhoid

#Gapeworms

#Heximitiasis

#Infectious Bronchitis

#Infectious Bursal Disease

#Infectious Coryza

#Lice

#Lymphoid Leucosis

#Marek's Disease

#Mites

#Moniliasis

#Mycoplasmas

#Mycotoxicosis

#Necrotic Enteritis

#Newcastle Disease

#Omphalitis

#Pullorum

#Quail Bronchitis

#Tapeworms

#Ticks

#Ulcerative Enteritis

How we Recognize Poultry Disease

POULTRY DISEASESBASED ON SYMPTOMS

Listed below are poultry diseases based on the types of symptoms exhibited or dependent upon the systems of the body that are affected. The following list of poultry diseases constitutes those most frequently observed in poultry and game bird flocks. Less frequently observed diseases require consultation with a specialty disease manual. Click on the appropriate disease to see a discussion.
#RESPIRATORY DISEASES
#RESPIRATORY DISEASES
#RESPIRATORY DISEASES
#RESPIRATORY DISEASES
#DISEASES WITH NON-CATEGORIZED SYMPTOMS

DISEASES OF POULTRY

There are many different ways for categorizing the many diseases of poultry. For the individuals convenience, each disease included here is classified by causative factor or is based upon the type of symptoms produced or can be found in the alphabetized list of diseases.
The diseases included here are only the more commonly encountered diseases of poultry, game birds and waterfowl. The discussion of each disease includes a summary of causative agents, symptoms, lesions and treatments.

Stop using pesticides

Beautiful lawns, gardens and parks can be maintained without using pesticides.

Pesticides kill indiscriminately, killing pests along with their natural insect predators. This leads to the irony of pesticide use: once insect predators are eliminated, pest populations grow unchecked - leading to ever-greater pesticide applications. Utilizing the basic principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), you can take charge of your home and garden without the use of pesticides and inspire others to do the same.
The facts of pesticide use in the home and garden are very surprising:

Each year 67 million pounds of pesticides are applied to lawns.

Suburban lawns and gardens receive far heavier pesticide applications per acre than most agricultural areas.

Most consumers don't realize how potentially harmful they can be:

Children are particularly vulnerable to pesticides, and the most likely to be exposed to lawn pesticides. Children living in homes using pesticides (indoor or outdoor) are at higher risk for developing brain cancer, childhood leukemia, lymphoma, and asthma.

Pesticides are easily tracked indoors -- an EPA study found 23 pesticides in dust and air inside homes.

Lawn chemicals can harm pets. Dog owners who use the herbicide 2,4,-D four or more times per season, double their dog's risk of developing lymphoma.

Garden chemicals harm the environment. The U.S. Geological Survey routinely finds every type of garden chemical - particularly weed killers - in the streams and rivers around urban centers.

Safer Pest Control Project (SPCP) offers alternatives to pesticides and maintains lists of lawn care professionals who can provide non-toxic lawn care.

Preventing Bird Flu

How to Prevent Bird Flu?

1 keep chickens “roofed in” so that they do not come in contact with wild or migratory birds.
2 Do not let chickens mix with other bird species such as ducks.
3 Suspect bird flu if chickens suddenly fall sick and start dying rapidly.

Immediately inform the concerned local authorities and the animal
Husbandry department.
If bird flu is confirmed: cooperate with the local authorities in culling
of chickens. Dead chickens should be disposed off safely.
Protect yourself and all workers in poultry farms by covering the nose
and mouth with a mask, and eyes with goggles.
Do not allow ANY chickens or eggs to be taken out from poultry
farm. Destroy all eggs.
Do not carry chickens from an infected poultry farm to your home for
cooking.
Disinfect boots or shoes before entering or leaving a poultry farm.
Keep children away from chickens.
Wash your hands properly if you come in contact with sick or dying
chickens, or with objects that may have been contaminated by the
birds, such as soil, cages, eggs.
If you are engaged in culling operations, it may be advisable for you
to take antiviral oseltamivir as a prophylactic measure.
If someone in your family develops fever, body aches or running noselike
symptoms, contact nearest health centre or doctor.

Rice Cultivation

Rice is a cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many.

Domesticated rice comprises two species of food crops in the Oryza genus of the Poaceae ("true grass") family, Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima. Oryza sativa is native to tropical and subtropical southern Asia and African rice, Oryza glaberrima, is native to West Africa.[1]

The name wild rice is usually used for species of the different but related genus Zizania, both wild and domesticated, although the term may be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of Oryza.

Rice is grown as a monocarpic annual plant, although in tropical areas it can survive as a perennial and can produce a ratoon crop and survive for up to 20 years.[2] Rice can grow to 1–1.8 m tall, occasionally more depending on the variety and soil fertility. The grass has long, slender leaves 50–100 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad. The small wind-pollinated flowers are produced in a branched arching to pendulous inflorescence 30–50 cm long. The edible seed is a grain (caryopsis) 5–12 mm long and 2–3 mm thick.

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East, South and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain.[3] A traditional food plant in Africa, Rice has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[4] Rice provides more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans.[5] In early 2008, some governments and retailers began rationing supplies of the grain due to fears of a global rice shortage.[6][7]

Rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with low labor costs and high rainfall, as it is very labor-intensive to cultivate and requires plenty of water for cultivation. On the other hand, mechanized cultivation is extremely oil-intensive, more than other food products with the exception of beef and dairy products.[citation needed] Rice can be grown practically anywhere, even on a steep hill or mountain. Although its species are native to South Asia and certain parts of Africa, centuries of trade and exportation have made it commonplace in many cultures.

The traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields with or after setting the young seedlings. This simple method requires sound planning and servicing of the water damming and channeling, but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged growth state, and deters vermin. While with rice growing and cultivation the flooding is not mandatory, all other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods and a different approach for fertilizing the soi

One step ahead of food security

The scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed three new rice varieties, namely BRRI dhan-48, BRRI dhan49 and BRRI hybrid dhan 2.

The National Seed Board (NSB) has recently released the varieties for mass cultivation. With these three, the total number of BRRI developed high yielding modern rice varieties stand at 50.

Yield of BRRI dhan48, a transplanted Aus variety with 115 days growth duration, is 5 tons per hectare (7.47 biga).

Its milled rice is medium size and cooked rice non-stiky. It is moderately resistant against bacterial blight, says a press release.

BRRI dhan49, a transplanted Aman variety with 135 days growth duration, has the potential to yield half of a ton per hectare more than BR11 and one ton more than BRRI dhan 32. Size and taste of the variety are like that of the Nizersail.

The variety would meet the long time demand of the farmers and consumers. Intensity of pest attack in the variety is much less than that of BR11`. Stem of the variety is strong enough to keep the rice plant upright during stormy wealth. Moreover, it is 7-10 earlier than BR11.

BRRI hybrid rice scientists have developed another hybrid rice, namely BRRI hybrid dhan 2 suitable for the Boro season and the agro-climate conditions of he country.

It has 8.5 tons yield per hectare with 145 days growth duration. Its milled rice is medium slender and cooked rice is non-sticky. NSB released the variety for mass cultivation in Dhaka, Comilla, Jessore and Rajshahi.

In 2003, BRRI for the first time developed BRRI hybrid dhan 1.

Experts say, cultivation of the three varieties would contribute much to attain food security of the country.

Food And Agricultural Situation

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the recent rapid growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely driven by policies in developed countries in support of climate-change mitigation, energy security and agricultural development. The growing demand for agricultural commodities for the production of biofuels is having significant repercussions on agricultural markets, and concerns are mounting over their negative impact on the food security of millions of people across the world. At the same time, the environmental impacts of biofuels are also coming under closer scrutiny. But biofuels also offer the opportunity for agricultural and rural development — if appropriate policies and investments are put in place.

Sustainable Agriculture of bangladesh

In the concluding ceremony of 3-day long South Asia Regional Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, a 10 points Dhaka declaration is adopted where the members from different South Asian States like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka vowed for implementing genuine

The members from citizen groups, social movements, peasant organizations, labour unions, fishers folks organizations, women’s groups and civil society organizations and human rights organisations from different South Asian Countries gathered at a workshop in Dhaka on 23-25 September 2008 to share their own experiences and struggles to achieve sustainable agriculture for food sovereignty within South Asia. In this regards, the participants vows for National Agricultural Policy from IFIs, TNCs and MNCs control.