Head of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Unit, Ryan Anselm, is calling on farmers to practice smart agriculture to reduce the spread of pests.
These pests, he says, are becoming more prevalent and are travelling further due to climate change and the use of harmful chemicals.
Anselm reported that through a surveillance program, the unit discovered a number of pests which have invaded the agriculture sector in Dominica.
The Ministry of Agriculture through its Pest Management Programme has sought to educate farmers on the proper use of pesticides.
“Our assessment on the ground has shown that farmers are using toxic chemicals to control pests. We want to work with the farmers, train and educate them on the proper use of chemicals. These pesticides will cause serious problems down the road for farmers, plant, animal and human health. So we are encouraging farmers to consult with the Plant Protection and Quarantine Unit about the use of chemicals,” Anselm explained.
He is urging farmers to practice smart agriculture to include proper sanitation, good cultural practices and the employment of necessary drainage methods.
“There are many natural and biological pesticides which can give the desired result so we are really discouraging farmers from using toxic chemicals which will affect the natural enemy and the environment. We are asking farmers to consult with the experts before using any chemicals. The chemicals are targeted to particular pests and their stages some chemicals will only be effective on the eggs or the larvae or the adult stage.”
He stated that farmers often use chemicals that they think will be a quick fix to control their pest issues. He warns against this.
“There are soft-bodied insects and insects which will cause serious problems which pesticides cannot control like the millibugs and the scale insect. They have waxy [coverings] which protect them.
“These [toxic] pesticides have serious and negative effects…we’re very concerned about the human health aspect. So we also need to protect the natural enemies like the beneficial insects which can control the harmful ones. Toxic chemicals can kill the beneficial insects which control our pests,” Anselm says.
He is encouraging farmers to consult with the Plant Protection and Quarantine Unit for the necessary recommendations to deal with pests.
In every country in the world, the skies are littered with sprays from aircraft. These sprays start off as thin lines and then spread into wide milky cloud-like lines which then thin further and turn the skies very pale blue and then white. As a passenger on aircraft flying from the UK to a European destination recently, I observed that there was a milky white layer of such ‘clouds’ covering the first layer of the sky below us. Looking up the sky was normal blue. I noticed a number of planes flying on our level – 30,000 feet, which had these sprays flowing from nozzles under their wings and the residues of the sprays were clearly visible as they altered the configuration of the atmosphere. Friends, we are being culled.
Folks, this is called ‘geo-engineering’. It has been going on since the 40’s. The agenda of those behind it is to deplete the world of oxigen, darken the sun, introduce pathogens into the atmosphere which are designed to compromise life in in all its forms…
Germany becomes the First Country to admit Clandestine Chemtrails Operations. Regarding clandestine government operations around the world to manipulate our weather patterns, this news from Germany is groundbreaking. The TV news report states that “the military planes of the German Federal Army are manipulating our climate; this is what the weather researchers are presuming and their suspicions are confirmed…“We can staTe with a 97% certainty that we have on our hands chemical trails (chemtrails) comprised by fine dust containing polymers and metals, used to disrupt radar signals.”
“This is their main purpose, but I was surprised that this artificial cloud was so wide-spread. The radar images are stunning considering the needed tons of dispersed elements — although, the federal army claims that only small amounts of material were propagated. The military heads claim that the substances used are not harmful, but they are and are causing widespread health problems in Germany”.
This is SCARY news….
DNO needs to republish this,maybe more peoe will get informed.
We are what we eat and drink ,if chemicals affect the plants ,surely if is doing some serious damages to the human body which can be found when it is too late..
Also the chemical Zineb is banned in Europe. In Dominica it is available as 10 % of the pesticide Cuproneb
There is a Pesticide Control Board in Dominica. I looked up the pesticides that are banned in Europe.
http://www.pan-europe.info/old/Resources/Links/Banned_in_the_EU.pdf
Malathion and Diazinon have been banned in Europe, but these two pesticides are sold and used in Dominica.
@ Dominican. I recall that DDT was banned in the USA was manufactured in the USA and shipped to Third World countries.
There is a Pesticide Control Board in Dominica. Ban the importation of toxic of toxic chemicals
Mr. Anselm, does Dominica still allow the importation- & use of agrochemicals that are banned by other, more advanced countries like the U.S.A. and the E.U.??
I doubt you will get a honest answer at this moment until the day the doctors will find these same chemicals poisoning in the human body it will be too late by then.
The pathologist will only find them when he/she is doing an autopsy on that dead body.