Pest surveillance system for food security: A case study in the Philippines Pest surveillance system for food security: A case study in the Philippines May 28, 2021 Ensuring food security amidst the increasing population requires a pest surveillance system for staple food. Regularly collected...Read More
Small mammal communities, associated damage to rice, and damage prevention in smallholder rice storage facilities in Sri Lanka Small mammal communities, associated damage to rice, and damage prevention in smallholder rice storage facilities in Sri Lanka May 14, 2021 In the first such study in Sri Lanka, we identified the main rodent and shrew species and...Read More
Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: 10 essential questions we still need to solve Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: 10 essential questions we still need to solve January 25, 2021 Most small rodent populations in the world have fascinating population dynamics. In the light of vast research...Read More
Working with Cambodian rice farmers to combat a plague of rodents Working with Cambodian rice farmers to combat a plague of rodents May 30, 2018 By adapting new rodent pest management strategies, Cambodian farmers are now able to defend their rice fields...Read More
When rats attack When rats attack March 15, 2010 A famine broke out in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram in 1958-59. It reportedly took more than...Read More
Of rice and rats Of rice and rats July 16, 2007 “Nature has sent the rats to our homesteads by thousands, and farmers are being eaten off the...Read More