Integrated Pest management for better tomorrow

Integrated Pest management helps to: 

• Grow Safe Food with minimum cost and least disturbance to Ecosystem and Environment.
• Maintain Ecological balance in nature.
• Conserve Biodiversity and beneficial fauna in agro-eco-system.
• Provide Biosecurity which includes food security, Trade security and Health security.
• Prevent side effects of Pesticides like Pest resistance, Pest resurgence, Health hazards, Destruction of beneficial fauna of an agro-eco-system, Pesticides residue in food, Fodder, Human body and water, etc.
• Prevent Environmental, Water, Soil and air Pollution.
• Prevent entry of Pesticides in Food Chain System.
• Prevent occupational health hazards due to Pesticides.
• Issue advance Pest advisories and Pest alerts to adopt/make suitable Pest Management strategy.
• Promote and facilitate safe and smooth national and international trade of agricultural commodities from Pest free areas and Areas of low pest prevalence.
• Detect emerging pests (Both indigenous and invasive) problems in an area.
• Make farmers competent or empower farmers for implementing different IPM practices.
• Improve Socio Economic Status of the farmers.
• Aware farmers about:

          - Ill effects and safe use of chemical pesticides.
          - About presence of beneficial fauna and flora present in agro-eco-system and                   their ways and means of conservation.
          - About use of non chemical and Biointensive Methods of Pest management.