Knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers on rodent pests and their management in the lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Philippines

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Stuart, Alexander; Prescott, Colin; Singleton, Grant; Joshi, Ravindra, 2014, "Knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers on rodent pests and their management in the lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Philippines", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/24218, Harvard Dataverse, V1

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Description	A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of 100 rice farmers and 50 coconut farmers was conducted in the coastal lowland agro-ecosystems of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Luzon, Philippines to identify current rodent management practices and to understand the extent of rat damage and the attitudes of farmers to community actions for rodent management. Pests were most commonly listed as one of the three most important rice and coconut production constraints. Other major crop production constraints were typhoons and insufficient water. Farmers consider rats to be the major pest of coconut and of rice during the wet season rice crop, with average yield losses of 3.0% and 13.2%, respectively. Rice and coconut farmers practised a wide range of rodent management techniques. These included scrub clearance, hunting and trapping. Of the 42 rice farmers and 3 coconut farmers that applied rodenticides to control rodents, all used the acute rodenticide, zinc phosphide. However, only ten rice farmers (23.8%) applied rodenticides prior to the booting stage and only seven farmers (15.6%) conducted pre-baiting before applying zinc phosphide. The majority of farmers belonged to farmer organisations and believed that rat control can only be done by farmers wo rking together. However, during the last cropping season, less than a third of rice farmers (31.2%) applied rodent management as a group. In order to reduce the impact of rodents on the farmers of the coastal lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, integrated management strategies need to be developed that specifically target the pest rodents in a sustainable manner, and community actions for rodent management should be promoted.
Keyword	Rodent management, Pest, Crop damage, Farmers' beliefs, Rice, Coconut
Notes	Subject: null Type: CESD Notes: ;
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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.7910/DVN/24218
Publication Date	2014-01-19
Title	Knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers on rodent pests and their management in the lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Philippines
Author	Stuart, AlexanderSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, Berkshire Prescott, ColinSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, Berkshire Singleton, GrantIRRI-CESD Joshi, RavindraDepartment of Agriculture e Philippine Rice Research Institute
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. Grant R. Singleton (IRRI-CESD)
Description	A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of 100 rice farmers and 50 coconut farmers was conducted in the coastal lowland agro-ecosystems of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, Luzon, Philippines to identify current rodent management practices and to understand the extent of rat damage and the attitudes of farmers to community actions for rodent management. Pests were most commonly listed as one of the three most important rice and coconut production constraints. Other major crop production constraints were typhoons and insufficient water. Farmers consider rats to be the major pest of coconut and of rice during the wet season rice crop, with average yield losses of 3.0% and 13.2%, respectively. Rice and coconut farmers practised a wide range of rodent management techniques. These included scrub clearance, hunting and trapping. Of the 42 rice farmers and 3 coconut farmers that applied rodenticides to control rodents, all used the acute rodenticide, zinc phosphide. However, only ten rice farmers (23.8%) applied rodenticides prior to the booting stage and only seven farmers (15.6%) conducted pre-baiting before applying zinc phosphide. The majority of farmers belonged to farmer organisations and believed that rat control can only be done by farmers wo rking together. However, during the last cropping season, less than a third of rice farmers (31.2%) applied rodent management as a group. In order to reduce the impact of rodents on the farmers of the coastal lowlands of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Corridor, integrated management strategies need to be developed that specifically target the pest rodents in a sustainable manner, and community actions for rodent management should be promoted.
Keyword	Rodent management Pest Crop damage Farmers' beliefs Rice Coconut
Notes	Subject: null Type: CESD Notes: ;
Production Date	2005
Distributor	Crop Protection (Elsevier) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/crop-protection
Distribution Date	2011
Depositor	Jean Sabado
Deposit Date	2014-01-12
Date of Collection	Start Date: 2005-11; End Date: 2005-12
Related Dataset	Buckle, A.P., 1990. Recent developments in rice rat control. In: Quick, G.R. (Ed.), Rodents and Rice. Report and Proceedings of an Expert Panel Meeting on Rice Rodent Control. International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, pp. 35-47.; Singleton, G.R., 2003. Impacts of rodents on rice production in Asia. Discussion Paper. International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. No. 45.; Sumangil, J.P., 1990. Control of ricefield rats in the Philippines. In: Quick, G.R. (Ed.), Rodents and Rice. Report and Proceedings of an Expert Panel Meeting on Rice Rodent Control. International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, pp. 35-47.

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