Ecological Engineering

Ecological Engineering for conservation of Bio-control agents

 To make the environment better suited for the buildup of existing beneficial fauna through manipulation of biotic and abiotic factors of ecosystem is called ecological engineering.

Ecological engineering for conservation of bio-control agents is manipulation of the habitat in the crop ecosystem for buildup of beneficial bio-control agent.

   Ecological engineering is based on ecological principles in which the environment of Agro-eco-system is made suitable for the better survival of bio-control agents/beneficial fauna. It’s a kind of human intervention to manipulate the habitat better suited for the buildup of bio-control agents.

For the better survival and build up of bio-control agents in Agro-eco-system, the following things are required:

1.    Food in form of pollen and nectar for adult bio-control agents.

2.    Shelters such as overwintering sites, moderate micro-climate, etc.

3.    Alternate hosts are required when primary hosts are not present.

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Ram Asre: Personal Profile at a glance

Name                           :      Ram Asre

Date of Birth                :      04.01.1956

Father’s Name             :      Late Param Sukh

Mother’s Name            :      Late Ram Katori

Wife’s Name                :      Smt. Indu Bala

Kids Name                   :      Neetu, Neelam & Nisha (Daughters)    

Home Town                 :      Dayalpur, Auraiya (U.P)

Nationality                    :      Indian

Qualification                 :      M.Sc (Zoology with Specialization in Entomology) in 1977

       from Kanpur University, Kanpur

Contact Details            :     +91-8826175860 (Mob), 0129-2413023 (O), 0129-2418504 (R)

E-mail                          :      ramasre56@gmail.com

Address for correspondence (Residential): Q.No-1109, type-V, NH-IV, Faridabad-121 001, Haryana

Address for correspondence (Official): Addl. Plant Protection Adviser, Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage, NH-IV, Faridabad, PIN-121 001, Haryana

Grow more food to grow safe food – A Journey

Food is the prime requirement of an organism. There is no life without food because the food is the source of energy to do the work. At the time of independence, India was facing acute shortage of food grains. We were importing the food grains from other countries. To solve the crisis of shortage of food grains, Govt. of India launched Grow More Food Programme during 1947-53. The purpose of this program was to grow more food from per unit area of land to provide the food to the every citizen of India. Assured irrigation, high yielding crop varieties, chemical fertilizers and pesticides played important roles to step up production of food grains and finally we could achieve self-sufficiency and Green Revolution in food grain production. After achieving this spectacular success in the field of agriculture, the chemical pesticides and fertilizers were accepted as main tools for the pest management and production of food grains. The consumption of chemical pesticides increased from 160 metric ton in 1948-49 to 75,418 metric ton technical grade in 1988-89. It was the maximum extent of consumption of chemical pesticides. After that it has come down due to successful implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme in India.