Green cover for crops!

01 Oct 2006 31 Mar 2010
Integrated pest management or IPM is the strategy for maximizing the use of bio-pesticide with need-based use of pesticides. For many years now, TERI has been involved in the demonstration of IPM packages to farmers. In the current project, initiated with the support from USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and Virginia Tech., IPM packages are being demonstrated on vegetable crops in 15 villages spread in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. Bio-pesticides like Trichoderma, Pseudomonas, Neem, Beauveria, BT, NPV, and pheromone traps are being used as a weapon to control the pest. The farmers are being taught to use these bio-pesticides and are made aware of their efficacies. They are also being equipped to monitor the crops effectively with the help of tools like yellow sticky traps and pheromone traps.