Plant diseases are of two types viz., infectious and non-infectious. The infectious type are caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. Nutritional deficiencies, mineral toxicities, lack or excess of soil moisture and light, low or too high temperatures, soil acidity or alkalinity constitute the non-infectious type. This podcast highlights some of these plant diseases. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Basic Science of Plant Diseases 

Purple, green, orange, yellow, red? No, these aren’t colours of M&Ms. These are some of the colours you’ll see on agriculture crop seeds that have been treated with the latest technologies to fight diseases and pests. Treating seed is nothing new. Farmers have been using different types of seed treatments dating clear back to 60 A.D. In this podcast, you’ll learn more about how farmers use them today and why? This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Why Seed Treatment? 

This podcast answers questions people have about liming their fields. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Top 10 Liming Questions 

This podcast explains the 5 major innovations that are on the verge to disrupt the aquaculture industry. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: Advanced Technology and Aquaculture: Drones and Artificial Intelligence to Make a Difference 

Chillies are most important and worthwhile commercial crop that’s plays a vital role in the world economy since it is widely grown spice among all the spice crops. Usually, they are also known as “Chili Pepper” throughout the world. Generally, this crop is mostly grown to obtain the fruits to use them as a major ingredient of many kinds of curries, chutneys, and also as a culinary. This podcast details how to cultivate chilli. It is also available as a blog post here: Chilli Farming Guidelines

Spinach is a nutritious, hardy cool weather crop, grown for use as a cooked green vegetable or as a salad. There are two main types of spinach, that is, smooth leaf and savoy (crinkled leaf). This podcast explains how to cultivate spinach. The podcast is also available as a blog post here: How to Grow Leafy Spinach? 

The use of plastic mulches along with the use of drip irrigation has many benefits. This podcast explains these benefits. This podcast is also available as a blog post here: Benefits of using Plastic Mulches Coupled with Drip Irrigation 

Keeping farm records is an important activity in farming. The records have to be accurate and up to date reflecting on all activities that occur on the farm. Knowledge acquired from keeping good farm records is priceless. Farmers should always have their farm records ready before they do any financial analysis, financial decision or budgeting. This podcast explains the importance of farm records. It is also available as a blog post here: The Importance of Keeping Records on a Farm 

Rosella is a fast growing annual shrub which reaches heights to 2 metres.

An attractive plant, with reddish green leaves and yellow flowers that resemble hibiscus. It is widely grown for its edible red fleshy calyx that are used in salads, jams, jellies, syrups , teas , wines and cordials.

The young leaves can be cooked like spinach and the fibrous stems can be used as jute substitute. This podcast explains how to grow rosella. It is also available as a blog post here: Growing Rosella (Lumanda)

Soya beans is a crop that belongs to the same family as beans, groundnuts, sunflower, tomato, eggplants and many more. It is a crop native/indigenous to East Asia (China), which is one of the five oldest crops cultivated by the Chinese for food before 2500 BC. This podcast explains how to grow soya beans. It is also available as a blog post here: Soya Beans Farming