Brown Peter R, Khamphoukeo Khamouane
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaNational Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Integr Zool. 2007 Sep;2(3):165-173. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2007.00055.x.
Rodents are a serious constraint to poor farmers in the upland and lowland farming systems of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and have been described as the pest they have least control over. To better understand these problems a baseline survey of farmers was conducted to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to rodent management. A structured survey was conducted in 12 villages across Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang, and Houaphan provinces. Twenty farmers from each village were interviewed (a total of 240 farmers). Farmers noted that the main factor limiting production was pests (70%), with rats identified as the most important pest (98%). The mean yield loss was estimated at 19% (range 0-100%). Trapping and rodenticides were commonly used by farmers. Farmers believed that it was important to control rats and believed that rats could only be controlled if farmers worked together. However, 65% of farmers conducted rodent control by themselves, and 92% of farmers believed that rodenticides were harmful to the environment. The main constraints identified were the high cost of some control methods and the need to get farmers to work together as a community.
在老挝人民民主共和国的高地和低地农业系统中，鼠害严重制约着贫困农民，并且被描述为他们最难控制的害虫。为了更好地理解这些问题，对农民进行了一次基线调查，以评估他们在鼠害管理方面的知识、态度和做法。在琅南塔省、琅勃拉邦省和华潘省的12个村庄开展了一项结构化调查。每个村庄采访了20名农民（共240名农民）。农民指出，限制产量的主要因素是害虫（70%），其中老鼠被认为是最重要的害虫（98%）。估计平均产量损失为19%（范围为0 - 100%）。农民普遍使用陷阱和杀鼠剂。农民认为控制老鼠很重要，并且认为只有农民共同努力才能控制老鼠。然而，65%的农民独自进行鼠害防治，92%的农民认为杀鼠剂对环境有害。确定的主要制约因素是一些防治方法成本高昂以及需要让农民作为一个社区共同行动。
