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World Service,28 Jan 1997,13 mins

Setting Natural Chemical Traps for Crop Pests

The Farming World

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Scientists at Rothamsted, UK, are working with plant messenger chemicals - semiochemicals - to cheat crop pests. Local farmers in Nepal get involved in a rice-breeding scheme at Lumle Agricultural Research Centre. How city sewage in Egypt is recycled for clean fertiliser.

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