Why we use mosquito net to protect plants – Peasant farmers

Mosquito net is used for protection against the malarial vector’s bite and killer infection in human beings but some peasant farmers in Sokoto have extended its use to also protect their plant nurseries. Daily Trust observed that such farmers, mostly those who have their farmlands close to their residences by the riverside or Fadama areas, […]

Mosquito net is used for protection against the malarial vector’s bite and killer infection in human beings but some peasant farmers in Sokoto have extended its use to also protect their plant nurseries.

Daily Trust observed that such farmers, mostly those who have their farmlands close to their residences by the riverside or Fadama areas, are using mosquito nets to guard their plants.

Though some farmers claimed that they used only torn and worn-out mosquito nets, but some residents say that they also used new, insecticide treated nets distributed to the people for protection against mosquito  bite and malaria.

“I use tattered mosquito net or fishing net to safeguard my nursery and it has been a long-time practice by farmers,” admitted Abubakar Sa’adu, 27, of Dundayen Bakin Gulbi of Wamakko Local Government Area.

Sa’adu said he used the net on his onion and pepper nursery plants.

“It is mostly  farmers who are nurturing nursery seedlings or lettuce, cabbage, onion and pepper who cover them against chicken and other domestic animals that can easily destroy them,” the secretary, Sokoto State carrot association, Malami Mohammed Ruggar Liman told Daily Trust.

He added, “It is, however not applicable to large