Farmers’ perspectives of rodent damage and management from the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopian

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dc.contributor.authorYonas, Meheretu
dc.contributor.authorWelegerima, Kiros
dc.contributor.authorDeckers, Seppe
dc.contributor.authorRaes, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorMakundi, Rhodes
dc.contributor.authorLeirs, Herwig
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-12T05:28:17Z
dc.date.available2026-08-12T05:28:17Z
dc.date.issued2010-12-10
dc.descriptionCrop Protection
dc.description.abstractA farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) survey was conducted in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia, to better understand rodent damage and rodent management from the farmers’ perspective. Farmers (n 1⁄4 191) from Dogu’a Temben district, were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The large majority of the farmers stated that rodents are the main pests in crop fields (92.1%) and storage (88.5%). The farmers (64.2%) reported they experienced 100–500 kg ha 1 damage in crop fields, which is equivalent to 8.9–44.7% loss in annual production. There was some overlap between the most common crops grown in the highlands and the most common crops susceptible to rodent attack. Farmers identified barley as the crop most susceptible to rodent attack (76.4%) and the booting stage as the crop developmental stage with the highest rodent abundance and damage. Rodenticide application was the most commonly practiced management strategy in crop fields (51.8%); in storage, farmers mainly keep domestic cats around granaries (80.6%). We recommend a reduction in reliance on chemical rodenticide in crop fields and a shift to a more sustainable rodent management approach to reduce rodent numbers and damage.
dc.description.sponsorshipVLIR-UOS (Flemish Interuniversity Council)
dc.identifier.citationdoi:10.1016/j.cropro.2009.12.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7884
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCrop Protection (2010) 29, 532–539
dc.subjectFarmers perspectives
dc.subjectRodent damage management
dc.subjectHighlands
dc.subjectTigray
dc.subjectNorthern Ethiopian
dc.titleFarmers’ perspectives of rodent damage and management from the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopian
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