Greetings from Srighan Farms!

The vegetable sector, over the years, has experienced some challenges with False Codling Moth (FCM), a pest infection that destroys the production of chillies.

Srighan farms as a beneficiary of our grants, envisaged an activity to control FCM. The project will establish the efficacy of the new products for control of FCM in on-farm field trials, train farmers and multiplication agents in the use of the new products and overall Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), apply for and receive registration of the new products for use in Ghana with EPA, upscale the initial trial to a larger number of farmers to confirm the economic viability and train 1400 outgrowers in GAPs using the new biopesticide products and re-establish the export of chilli peppers from Srighan Farm and its outgrowers and avoid further losses of income.

So far, the first group of farmers comprising twenty seven farmers and three extension officers have been trained in Begoro. Theses farmers have had extensive training on how to handle FCM and ways to prevent it.

Project Activities

• Conduct field trials of the new bioagents for the control of FCM on eleven (11) out grower farms of Srighan Farm
• Monitoring and evaluation, measuring yields and losses
• Development of training matrix and materials
• Conducting five (5) training and supervisory workshops
• Document trials for EPA application with a registered scientist (Dr. Cornelius)
• File an application to EPA for registration of the new products
• Up-scale trial of successful bioagents on 1400 farms
• Conducting 40 training and supervisory workshops
• Conduct trials of the successful new bioagents for the control of FCM on up-scale farms
• Monitor and evaluate economic performance and viability
• Preparing a scientific article on the trial results
• Disseminate information on the trial results and the availability of new products

Deliverables

• Trial evaluation on efficacy of the new bioagents (yield, % of affected fruit) reported
• Yield and loss figures calculated and produced
• Training cards and CBT training matrix developed
• Farmers and multiplication agents trained
• New bioagents products registered for use in Ghana
• Farmers and multiplication agents trained
• One article published in a scientific journal
• Number of interceptions due to FCM have reduced