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This video »Managing aphids in beans and vegetables« shows you how to deal with aphids in beans and vegetables. Aphids are small green or black insects. Aphids attack many crops and plants.

This video gives information about aphids in general and explains how aphids destroy crops. Furthermore, the video shows different ways of killing or managing aphids in beans and other crops without chemical pesticides.

Handcraft

One way is killing the aphids with by pressing them with your fingers, because they can’t fly.

Spraying

You can also sprinkle the crops with aphids with cool ash or spray it with a mixture of water and soap. Another way to manage aphids is to spray them with a mixture of dry leaves and water.

Alternative

Mustard or sesame can be plant around beans as well, because it protects the beans of aphids.

Source	accessagriculture – Coffee
Title	Coffee: stumping & pruning
produced at
produced by	Countrywise Communication
published at	2016
Language	Ateso, English, French, Kiswahili, Luganda, Spanish, Persian/Farsi
Duration	06:20
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description	Quote “Managing coffee bushes well can make the difference between an average income and earning a good living. Stumping coffee bushes on a regular basis as part of your overall management plan, and pruning them each year, can help boost yields and income.”
Subtitel	no
Category	Coffee
Kat2	Beverage Crops
Kat3
Tags	Managing coffee bushes, stumping, pruning, boost yield, boost income
0:00 – 0:13	Intro
0:14 – 0:45	managing coffee bushes, arabica, robusta, pruning makes more yields and easier harvest
0:46 – 1:11	needed tools: pruning saw, pruning shears, desinfection alcohol for desinfecting tools, avoid disease,
1:12 – 2:00	Why stumping: cutting older trees that do not carry well, cutting to many long branches, not enough big cherries, stumping is part of the overall management, do not stump more than 1/3 of the tree at one time
2:01 – 2:42	How stumping: cut at 45° stops water collecting, cut back at about 30 – 50 cm above ground, cut smooth to prevent disease, smooth off the stump if needed, a year later the renewed, fresh growth can be seen, and a lot of new leaves, two years later a lot of more big cherries are on the bush, easier to pick
2:43 – 3:02	pruning is vital for good management, best carried out at the end of the main crop harvest, done every year, renewinates through eliminating the unproductive brunches.
3:03 – 4:56	tool: pruning saw, brunch shears, hold the bush manageble, tree hight about 2m, number of stumbs max 4, remove brunches that are not well positioned or wanted, remove sackers, can be done several times a year, keep more lower brunches for easy picking. result of good pruning: more light, more strength, more yield, more big cherries,
4:57 – 5:28	open arrangement of the plants allows better circulation of air and moisture. prevention of diseases and pests. Remove branches too close to the ground, they pick up diseases. If diseases branches have to be burned on site.
5:29 – 5:56	summary
5:57 – 6:20	credits
Text	This video shows you why pruning and stumbing are part of the important all over management of the coffee plant. It shows you what tools you need for this and how to treat the plants precisely in order to achieve higher yields and to avoid diseases and pest infestations. The examples of the Arabica and Robusta varieties are used to show how more yield can be achieved and how harvesting can be made easier. The following equipment is used: pruning saw, pruning shears, disinfection alcohol. If the coffee bushes become too old and do not bear enough large cherries, the trunk should be cut. To do this, the old trunks are cut off at a 45° angle about 30-50 cm above the ground, so that no water collects at the cutting point. The cut should be as smooth as possible to avoid pest infestation. One year later you will see many new shoots and 2 years later many more larger cherries, which can be harvested more easily. Equally important is the pruning of the bushes. To make harvesting easier and the branches bear more fruit, the plant should not grow taller than 2 metres and have a maximum of 4 stems. For this purpose, branches that are too long are shortened and shoots that are badly positioned are removed. To make harvesting easier, as many branches as possible should grow in the lower part of the plant. Pruning can be done several times a year. This gives the plant more light and a more robust growth. This leads to larger cherries and a higher yield. The coffee plants should be placed at a good distance from each other so that moisture is better distributed and air can circulate. To prevent disease, branches should be removed near the ground. It is also advisable to burn the cut branches at a safe distance from the plants. To avoid spreading possible diseases.