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Groups are common arrangements in social situations, especially in an attempt to foster development in rural areas. In agriculture, the formation of focus groups for evaluation as well as Farmer Based Organization or associations is vital in terms of augmenting agricultural production. It is essential for agricultural extension agents and other development agents to master the tenets of how groups are developed and the various stages involved in the entirety of their advancement in an attempt to improve and uplift the living standards of rural populace. Forming a Participatory Rural Appraisal Team, made up of participants of diverse fields is usually imperative in developing rural areas. Peradventure, the best known scheme for group development is one which was coined by Bruce Wayne Tuckman, who carried out research into group dynamics and published one of his theories in 1965 on the stage of group development, which he called Tuckman’s stages of group development. Tuckman ident

The diamondback moth, Ptutella xylostella is known by most agricultural researchers to have been introduced to North America from Europe. This moth is known to belong to the lepidopteran order of the insecta class of arthropods. It is known to be the most destructive insect pest of brassica crops like cabbage and lettuce.  Over the years, most people who have tried controlling the incidence of this pest usually resort to solely using chemical control methods to reduce impact of pests usually realize that this moth develops resistance to the chemicals used to combat them. They generally easily build resistance to synthetic pyrethroid insecticides. The entirety of the growth stages of the diamondback moth is detrimental to brasssica crops. The moth lays eggs on plants and during the developmental stages of the pupa, the caterpillar usually tunnels like a leaf miner, causing defoliation on most leafy vegetables. It also causes contamination by pupating within Brussels spr

The larger grain borer, known scientifically as Prostephanus truncatus belongs to the hexapods class of the arthropoda phylum and of the coleoptera order. This insect has been thought of in a lot of situational analysis to be a pest. The larger grain borer has been observed in countless situations to be unacceptably abundant. It has also been known to obstruct the storage of most produce. Prostephanus truncatus was first discovered in the 1970s in East Africa. However, it has migrated to many parts of the world. This pest is largely known as a storage pest and in some rare cases, a field pest. It mostly feeds on maize and cassava. However in some cases, it feeds on other dried root crops, bamboo, rattan, wheat, dried sorghum and sweet potatoes. This grain borer has been observed by most entomologists to bore or create holes in grains as they feed. There are several ways of controlling the activities of the larger grain borer. But the question is, what method is the be