Al-Marsad newspaper: The agricultural engineer Mohamed Al-Fifi sheds light on the cochineal and its impact on agricultural crops, presenting some solutions to eradicate it.
Al-Fifi said, during an interview with Al-Ikhbariya TV, ‘An integrated program must be put in place to eradicate this insect. I can spray and others not, so the insect will return to my farm through my neighbor’s farm. . “
He added: ‘Agriculture has sprayed the trees before, but the bug came back on them again and was clearly injured.’
Al-Fifi continued: “The farms need to be cleaned because there are weeds on which this insect lives.”
He added: “Excess and dry branches also need to be cut, the soil fertilized and irrigation looked after, then sprayed with pesticides, as well as mineral oil.”
