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A farmer at a plant clinic in Grenada receives a demonstration of how to make a trap to catch coconut weevils using discarded plastic water bottles. Image courtesy of Shamela Rambadan (CABI).

A farmer at a plant clinic in Grenada receives a demonstration of how to make a trap to catch coconut weevils using discarded plastic water bottles. Image courtesy of Shamela Rambadan (CABI).

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  1. Troy Augustine on 24th October 2013 at 5:32 PM

    Special thanks must be Given to the Brazilian Agency for Agriculture (ABC) and the officer (Troy Augustine) who unselfishly brought the information to the Grenadian people without charging them a single cent. I would like to let the farmers know that this information is and should be freely distributed to them by the Ministry of Agriculture officers. Only recently traps have been made and sold to the farmers who themselves can make them once the knowledge is passed down this should be a “I teach you you teach others”

    • Troy Augustine on 24th October 2013 at 5:34 PM

      Farmers Please don’t buy traps made by anyone the information is free to all Grenadians

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