SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH
SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA E. F. von Maltitz, F. Kirsten, P. S. Malebana 1, S. R. Belmain, A. N. Meyer 2, C. T. Chimimba and A. D. S. Bastos 3 1 ARC-PPRI, South Africa; 2 NRI, University of Greenwich, Kent, UK 3 Mammal Research Institute, Univ Pretoria, South Africa
Technology transfer and promotion of ecologically-based and sustainable rodent control strategies in South Africa 2002 -2006 Participated: ARC-PPRI LIMPOPO DEPT AGRIC & ENVIRONMENT NRI (UK) KZN DEPT AGRIC & ENVIRONM AFFAIRS MAMMAL RI, UNIV PRETORIA Villagers in Limpopo & KZN-North Region UNIVERSITY of VENDA for S&T UNIVERSITY of the NORTH (LIMPOPO) Funded: DFID CPP ARC-SRL programme (KZN)
SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion
Introduction
Why can households not effectively control rodents ?
Super Intelligent Rodents ?
Rodent resistance ?
Sleeping Fat Cats ?
South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Limpopo Province
SOUTH AFRICA – Kwa. Zulu-Natal North Region
SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA Introduction Material and methods Results Discussion
Surveys • • Pre- and post-trapping survey Socio-economic assessment Anthropological study Market survey
Baseline data • • • Training on rodent trapping and data collecting Rodent trapping in houses Crop field trapping Rodent taxonomy Cross-cutting with project Rat. Zoo. Man
Baseline data: Training on trapping and rodent data collecting
Baseline data: Trapping in and around 280 houses
Four crop fields in Limpopo
Baseline data: Rodent identification
Baseline data: Rat. Zoo. Man
SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion
Surveys
Methods used by farmers in Limpopo and Kwa. Zulu-Natal to protect their stored crops and possessions from rodent damage Province Method Limpopo Kwa. Zulu-Natal Rodenticide 37% 41% Cats 13% 15% Traps 5% 8% Sticky traps / glue 1% 1% Insecticide 1% 1% Other methods 1% 1% No control 58% 37%
Market survey
Trap success: 80 houses Limpopo
Trap success: 200 houses KZN
Rodent community structure: different habitats in houses
Species composition: Rodents trapped in four villages in Limpopo
Small mammals trapped in houses and in crop fields in four villages in Limpopo 2002 -2004 Village BBKloof Ga. Phaahla Species H F H Aethomys ineptus X X X Aethomys namaquensis X X X F Nkomo H F X Mapate H F RZM X X Dasymys incomtus X Lemniscomys rosalia Mastomys coucha X Mastomys natalensis X Mus musculus X X X X X Mus minutoides X Otomys angoniensis Rattus rattus X X X X X Rhabdomys pumilio X X Steatomys sp Tatera leucogaster X Elephantulus sp. X Myosorex sp. X X Rattus tanezumi Saccostomus campestris X X X X X
Rattus tanezumi – first record in South Africa
Rodents trapped in Limpopo crop fields 20022004
Crop fields: rodent damage
Rodent zoonosis Plague Rodents N = 202 Dogs N = 34 0 0 Toxoplasmosis 18, 3% 52, 9% Leptospirosis 97% 6, 7%
SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL FOR SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN SOUTH AFRICA Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion
Active participation – better understanding
Dissemination of results: feedback
Dissemination of results: radio
Development of public-private service provision: Training
Development of public-private service provision: Improved rodent control tools produced locally
Conclusion
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