Experiences gained and lessons learned during IPM work. part 2

1)      Nation must have an emergency mitigation system with detailed contingency plan, emergency fund and other plant protection and pest surveillance tools to meet any pest emergency.

2)      Chemical pesticides must be used only as an emergency tool.

3)      Chemical pesticides are more harmful than pests hence they must be used judiciously

4)      Chemical pesticides are not being used but they are being misused.

5)      Calendar based and prophylactic use of chemical pesticides is neither needed nor useful for crop yield.

6)      All organisms found in the agro eco system are not harmful.

7)      Not all the pests must be controlled / managed. Control only those pests which don’t give us time to control them.

8)      A strong political and bureaucratic support, co-operation and co-ordination with states is essentially needed to implement IPM.

9)      Only on few occasions the crop failure was observed due to misuse of chemical pesticide and fertilizers.

10)   None of the chemical pesticide is safe to animals and human beings.

11)   Beyond plant protection IPM deals many things like –

·         Farmers livelihood

·         Community health

·         National and international aspects

·         Ecological aspects

·         Bio security including trade and health security

·         Economical and social aspects etc.