About the site: “People who have the privilege of owning and tending a piece of farm land earn with that privilege a significant responsibility. They are, after all, custodians of the environment not only for themselves and their families and friends to enjoy, but also for the generations of people, animals and organisms that follow. Through their farming practices they have a direct and powerful impact on the future state of the environment. If you are committed to making environmentally-responsible decisions about how you protect your crops, your efforts will help ensure that your farming legacy is a healthy one. This site is to inform farmers about the many environmentally-responsible options available to protect their crops against destructive insect and disease pests”

This site supports the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and minimise the risks to human health and the environment

Biological Crop Health is the result of agricultural scientist Johan Gerber’s many years of experience in the agricultural pest management industry and is designed to inform farmers about the many environmentally-responsible options available to protect their crops against destructive insect and disease pests. Information are given on biological controls which include beneficial micro-organisms used as biological agents against soil and plant pathogens, insects and nematodes, as well as  macro-organisms including  insect predators and parasites for the control or reduction of problem insect pests on various agricultural crops produced under protection or open fields. Focus is on the use of biological control agents in crop protection as well as the integration of such agents with chemical pesticides suitable for use in IPM (Integrated Pest Management) systems used in crop protection

Click on LinkedIn link below for Johan Gerber profile 

http://za.linkedin.com/pub/johan-gerber/10/957/238

This site does not endorse any crop protection and yield enhancing products (biological, botanical or synthetic) that carry a high risk of causing irreversible damage to humans, animals and the environment

Website under construction

Please be patient while we are working towards a site that will provide farmers

with information  on crop protection

Johan Gerber can be contacted at

e- mail: johangerber@biologicalcrophealth.co.za