IPM Concepts

1.      Suppression of Pest population below economic threshold level by using various practices of Pest management on priority basis in integrated manner aiming chemical pesticides as last resort. 

2.      Get rid of Pests with minimum expenditure and least disturbance to environment and ecosystem.

3.      Way forward from grow more food to grow safe food.

4.      To grow crops with minimum use of chemical pesticides and promoting the use of bio-pesticides and other nonchemical and traditional methods.

5.      Replacement of chemical pesticides with bio-pesticides.

6.      IPM combines biological control and appropriate farm management practices to minimize the use of chemical pesticides.

7.      Increase understanding of biological and ecological processes in agro eco system.

8.      Use of all practices of crop cultivation keeping community health/ animal health and environment safety at centre.

9.      To bring quality revolution in food production without compromising with food security.

10.  It is a set of practices or package of practices to suppress pest population below ETL  using pesticides as last resort.

11.  Utilization of all available techniques and resources to suppress the Pest population below ETL aiming least disturbance to environment and ecosystem.

12.  It is a way for doing food security and food safety simultaneously.

13.  It is way of managing pest population taking in to consideration of caring of community health, environment, bio-diversity, social and ecological  aspects, farmers safety, food security and food safety.

14.  It is a total crop health management system based or agro-ecosystem analysis.

15.  To provide detailed package of knowledge of pest management.

16.  It provide option of different practices of pest management aiming chemical pesticides as last option.

17.  It is multi disciplinary approach with coordinated efforts of all stake holders of IPM with close liaison and coordination with national and international agencies.

18.  Tolerate the loss due to pest population up to or below ETL to maintain natural ecological balance in nature.

19.  Manage the pest population along with conservation the population of bio-control agents found in agro eco system.

20.  Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecological approach which aims at keeping pest below economic thresholds level by employing all available alternate pest control methods and techniques such as cultural, mechanical and biological control with greater emphasis on use of bio-pesticides and pesticides of plant-origin like Neem formulation.  The use of chemical pesticides is advised as a last resort when pest crosses economic thresholds level (ETL).

21.   IPM aims to grow quality agri-products which must be free from pests (100%) as well as pesticides (below MRL) for export purpose.