Guidance on Storing Pesticides for Farmers and Other Professional Users.pdf
This information sheet provides guidance to professional users of pesticides on suitable standards for storage. By following it, professional users will help to ensure that they meet their duties under relevant legislation.
Chives Production Practices in Guyana.pdf
Chives are grown mainly to satisfy the domestic market in Guyana. The herb has culinary and medicinal properties. The fresh leaves are used for making herbal butters and vinegar as well as a flavouring in salads, soups and soft cheeses. The oils (leaf extract) of the plant are known to lower blood levels of low-density lipoproteins. Chives contain some iron and vitamins and can be used as mild antibiotics and laxative. The plants can also be grown for their attractive pinkish to mauve fragrant flowers.
Cultivation of Avocado and Post Harvest Handling.pdf
The Avocado ( Persea Americana Miller) is an evergreen tree of the family Lauraceae with seedling plants reaching 67ft (20m) in height with small large, single seeded fruits having yellow to yellowish green butter-like flesh. Mature fruit vary in colour and may be green, yellow, purple or red.
Baiting and Application of Chemicals for Acoushi Ant Control.pdf
Baiting is the recommended method of control for acoushi ants. It exploits the insect’s feeding behavior. Like the vegetation which is cut and carried back to the nests, bait picked up by the ants is taken back to the nest to be used as substrate for the fungus which is the ants’ only food (Figure 3).
Bait consists of a toxicant or poison and a carrier which is usually a material that the insects find attractive. The material must be attractive (Figure 4) since this determines the degree of acceptance of the bait by the insects.
Pumpkin Cultivation and Post Harvest Handling.pdf
Cucurbita maxima (pumpkin) is believed to have originated in South America, while the other species became differentiated in the southern U.S.A, Mexico and Central America. Pumpkins are now grown all over the world with the exception of Antarctica.

