Practice Name:

Coffee in the control of leaf-cutter ants

Details

Category	Agriculture,Crop Management,Organic crop Protection
Crop	Coffee
Crop Family	Rubiaceae
Scientific Name	Coffea
Vernacular Name	caffeine. cappuccino. espresso.
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	coffee grounds
Details Of Innovation	Literature reveals the innumerable experiments conducted by farmers. This is one such from Latin America: A farmer-extentionist in Rio Lindo, Cortes dona Fredesvinda Carrasco Hernandez, told us that the old women in her village had taught her how to use coffee grounds to control leaf cutter ants.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Jeffery Bentley
District	South Andaman
KVK District	NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair
Address	South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Island
Languages Spoken	Bengali/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
PIN Code	744101

PAS 1	"Biological control of the rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) in the Southh Paciic by baculovirus" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880986900873
Agro Ecological Zone	The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair
Other Community Practices	Getting rid of ants in vegetable garden https://gardeningtips.in/getting-rid-of-ants-in-vegetable-garden-a-full-guide
Practice ID	KNW0020000000224
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/977
Reference	HBN database
Pest Group	Polyphagous pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Formicidae spp.)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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