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Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer in Seychelles
The Eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), Leucinodes orbonalis, is the most damaging pest of eggplant in South and South-east Asia. Its larvae feed inside the eggplant fruit rendering the fruit unmarketable and unfit for human consumption. In certain cases EFSB infestation can lead to total yield loss.The presence of EFSB here in Seychelles was first reported in 2008 by local farmers on Praslin. To date, the origin of the pest and its infestation is still unknown. The pest spreaded to the neighboring islands of La Digue in 2009 and was first detected on Mahe in June 2011. Since its first detection and confirmation of EFSB infestations on Praslin, various sections of the Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) has been actively involved in order to help farmers control the pest to ensure the continuous production of eggplant in the country.
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Gamour: long-lasting protection against vegetable flies in Réunion
The Gamour project, (Agroecological Management of Vegetable Flies in Reunion), is a pilot project for innovation transfer to farmers, begun by the CIRAD and coordinated by the Chamber of Agriculture. The project was a partnership between a dozen research organizations, and ran from 2009 to 2011. The results of the project were announced at a seminar in St-Pierre on 21-24 November.
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René Guy Hoarau, vegetable producer in la Réunion
René Guy Hoarau is a courgette producer in Petite-Ile. He has demonstrated the successful use of the GAMOUR method whereby insecticide is replaced by three main techniques: prophylaxis, plant traps and mass trapping.
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Soil Conservation and Soil Fertility Management: Best Practices for the farming community
MoreThe farming community in Seychelles was recipients of copies of a Manual for Best Practices in Soil Conservation and Soil Fertility Management at a workshop held at Care House on Thursday 29th March 2012.The manual was drafted by Mr Keven Nancy, the Principal Officer for Research and Development Section of the Seychelles Agricultural Agency in consultation with other local counterparts and with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) under the Sustainable Land Management project being managed by the GOS-UNDP-GEF Programme Coordination Unit.