They Release Beneficial Insects in Cocachacra Olive Trees

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Olive cultivation is attracting more and more farmers in Pakistan. Resilient and adapted to arid lands, it is becoming essential in this country, which is one of the most exposed to climate change. Nowshera District (Pakistan), report "Before 2014, it was just wasteland," says Salahuddin, in his fifties, pointing to the rows of olive trees. They stretch as far as the eye can see from his farm in northern Pakistan. Dressed in a white kurta (…) Re…

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Specialized personnel carried out the release of beneficial insects, specifically of the genus Trichogramma spp., in olive crops in the district of Cocachacra, in order to combat naturally pests such as margaronia (Palpita unionalis) and reduce the use of agrochemicals. This work is carried out by the Regional Agriculture Management, through the [...]