Purchasing of KWDP-II From which source they are To educate the villages insecticides and Horticulture Dept being purchased, quantity of about the need to reduce pesticides NGO Partner purchase, etc. the consumption of pesticide/insecticide Use of Bio-fertilizers KWDP-II How many villages are using Declare all villages as bio --do-- and bio-pesticides Horticulture Dept them, which are the villages villages in a phased NGO Partner not using them, etc. manner but slowly and Data collected through field judiciously visits to villages Provide training in bio composting Marketing tie up Training and KWDP-II Collect data of untrained A constant monitoring Awareness creation Horticulture Dept persons training tie up and NGO Partner exposure visits Constraints in Implementing IPM Despite the plans for implementing IPM, several constraints exist. The table below summarizes the constraints in promoting IPM on a large scale. Constraint/Risks Mitigation Availability of selective pesticides, Make available selective bio-pesticides to effective against crop pests but not farmers, as per their requirements. against natural enemies of pests, is a problem. Support participatory research programs with One of the basic points of IPM is ETL, farmers and research organizations to work out which have not been worked out for all ETL for various within different project districts the pests and combination of pests for different varieties and regions. Potential of bio-control agents has not Do not introduce bio-control agents that have not been evaluated fully for many agents. been worked out in detail and are in study stage. Use only ready to release and duly approved agents. Ensure timely breeding and supply of predators to Techniques of mass rearing of several bio-agents are still not well developed. farmers; improve linkages with relevant line departments and other institutions. Farmers in many are aware of new Ensure that demonstrations are alongside awareness technologies but are unable to access it building and that is no gap between leading to disillusionment and demonstration and supply of new technology, lest consequently non-adoption of the people lose interest. technology.
Purchasing of insecticides and pesticides KWDP-II Horticulture Dept NGO Partner --do-- From which source they are being purchased, quantity of purchase, etc. To educate the villages about the need to reduce the consumption of pesticide/insecticide Use of Bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides KWDP-II Horticulture Dept NGO Partner How many villages are using them, which are the villages not using them, etc. Data collected through field visits to villages Declare all villages as bio villages in a phased manner but slowly and judiciously Provide training in bio composting Marketing tie up Training and Awareness creation KWDP-II Horticulture Dept NGO Partner Collect data of untrained persons A constant monitoring training tie up and exposure visits Constraints in Implementing IPM Despite the plans for implementing IPM, several constraints exist. The table below summarizes the constraints in promoting IPM on a large scale. Constraint/Risks Mitigation Availability of selective pesticides, effective against crop pests but not against natural enemies of pests, is a problem. Make available selective bio-pesticides to farmers, as per their requirements. One of the basic points of IPM is ETL, which have not been worked out for all the pests and combination of pests for different varieties and regions. Support participatory research programs with farmers and research organizations to work out ETL for various within different project districts Potential of bio-control agents has not been evaluated fully for many agents. Do not introduce bio-control agents that have not been worked out in detail and are in study stage. Use only ready to release and duly approved agents. Techniques of mass rearing of several bio-agents are still not well developed. Ensure timely breeding and supply of predators to farmers; improve linkages with relevant line departments and other institutions. Farmers in many are aware of new technologies but are unable to access it leading to disillusionment and consequently non-adoption of the technology. Ensure that demonstrations are alongside awareness building and that is no gap between demonstration and supply of new technology, lest people lose interest.