Daule demonstration plot confirms 0% damage by apple snails

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP), through the Ecuadorian Agency for Quality Assurance of Agriculture (AGROCALIDAD), the Autonomous National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP) and Area Technical Directorates, reported the results obtained in the demonstration plot implemented in Daule

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP), through the Ecuadorian Agency for Quality Assurance of Agriculture (AGROCALIDAD), the Autonomous National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP) and Area Technical Directorates, reported the results obtained in the demonstration plot implemented in Daule - in the grounds of Junta de Riego America Lomas- with the objective of validate the effectiveness of the recommended practices for controlling apple snail in rice.

In this place were applied the recommended practices, among which is the preparation and leveling of soil, seed of 150 square meters with 45 kg of certified seed, puddling using rotavator to kill adult snails, late transplanting in mud (plots without water) with plant of 25 to 30 days of age, seeding density of 30 centimeters between rows by 20 centimeters in stride, application of metaldehyde of 5% at doses of 0.3g/m2 in leveling failures.
 
In order to demonstrate that the management of agrochemicals reduces environmental impact and production costs, in the plot were implemented criteria of integrated management of pests (IPM) that favored the biological control and decreased the pesticide application.
 
For this reason, for example, any chemical wasn’t
 
used to control the screwworm, since the evaluations along all the stages of the farming, showed that the damage level didn’t merit any application. Nor any pesticide was thrown to control the plague Bride of Rice (Rupela Albinella) because of the low pesticide application favored the biocontrol by the wasp Telenomus sp., its natural enemy.
 
With the practices implemented to control the snail and the IPM, the following results were obtained:
  • O% of damage caused by the apple snail and therefore 0% of replanting.
  • The total production cost per hectare is U.S $ 1 529.12 (including irrigation and land rental), which represents 30% less than the costs reported in the area.
  • Production of 73 bags of 205 pounds per hectare: 70% higher than the national average yield and 33% higher than what predicted some publications.
  • Earnings per hectare of U.S $ 898.13 (34% higher than reported earnings in the area), representing a yield of 58%.
Moreover, in a month were trained 11,395 farmers in the provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi y El Oro. Additionally, in a week, in 10 tents set up in major rice cantons were attended 1567 people, with information related to practices recommended to control the apple snail.

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