Practice Name:

Controlling Rats

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Sesamum (Sesamum indicum) or Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) or Niger (Guizotia abyssinica) flour, sugar crystals, powdered glass taken from a waste light-bulb or tube-light and a bowl.
Details Of Innovation	A mixture consisting of ninety percent Sesamum (Sesamum indicum) or Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) or Niger (Guizotia abyssinica) flour, along with five percent sugar crystals and five percent powdered glass taken from a waste light-bulb or tube-light is placed in a bowl. The ingredients are mixed well and placed near the rat hole. As the rats that consume this die within a week, it effectively arrests the resultant damage.

PAS 1	"Birds of prey are famous for feeding on rodents. Hawks and falcons hunt by day, and owls typically hunt by night. Owls are especially dangerous to rats because they hunt at the same time that rats forage for food." https://www.automatictrap.com/blogs/news/5-natural-predators-of-the rat#:~:text=Birds%20of%20Prey,that%20rats%20forage%20for%20food
PAS 2	"Famously, birds of prey feed on mice and rats. Raptors, including hawks, owls, eagles and falcons, are common predators. Red tail hawks, found across most of North America, and American kestrels, the smallest falcon in North America, will hunt rats by day. The barn owl, known for its characteristic round and white face, is a common nocturnal predator." https://www.terminix.com/blog/education/enemies-predators-of-rats/
Practice ID	KNW0010000001429
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/62
Reference	HBN database
Pest Scientific Names	(Rattus spp.)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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