My contribution to the society and nature.

Considering the themes of Integrated Pest  Managent (IPM),described in previous  posts the following types of activities were undertaken by me for the benefit of the the nature and society:_
A.Creation of awareness among all stakeholders of  IPM :_
1. The farmers were awared  by me about the ill effects of the chemical pesticides on community health,environment,ecosystem,nature and its resources and trade related with Agriculture.
2.People of the society were awared that all the chemical pesticides are harmful to our health, environment,and to several natural resources including the beneficial  organisms  found in the agroecosystem contributing a lot to manage the pest population in the crop fields.
3.They were also awared that the chemical pesticides  must only be used as an emergency  solutions not as a priority solution.
4.The farmers were also awared that abiotc factors are also responsible for crop losses along with biotic factors .
5. The farmers were also awared the
Crop health management including pest management can also be done with non chemical methods.
B.Empowerness or skill Development  of the people including farmers :_IPM is a skill and  competency Development programme of  the  farmers to enable them to grow healthy and safe food ,fodder and feed with minimum expenditure, with minimum use of the chemical pesticides and with least disturbance to environment, ecosystem ,biodiversity,nature and its resources etc.They were also  made competent to  grow  safe food,fodder and feed to eat and quality agricultural commodities to trade by me .
C.Farmers motivation :-The farmers were also motivated by me to adopt  IPM  for the benefit of the society and nature i .e. for upgrading  the livelihood of the farmers ,keeping environment clean and green for our comfortable living and also to save ecosystem including agroecosyste
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D  The  IPM concept was popularised by me among the farmers  up to grass root level to grow healthy crop.
E.Promoted biopesticides and other IPM inputs among the farmers as an alternative and supplementary tool to implement IPM .
F. The farmers were advised to do farming with hormony to the nature and society.
G. A grow safe food  Campaign  was also launched  on all  India level to empower the farmers to use chemical pesticides on judicious manner  to reduce the use of the chemical pesticides in Agriculture.
H.Due to colonization and establishment of Epiricania melanoleuca an active parasitiod of sugarcane Pyrilla in Gujarat,MP,Maharastra,Rajasthan,AP ,against sugarcane Pyrilla the aerial spraying in sugarcane crop against sugarcane Pyrilla  was  stopped on my advise which resulted not saving of public money in crores of rupees and also saved the environments  from air ,water and soil pollution.Besides above the post of Aviation Advisor of Govt of Gujarat has also  been abolished for ever on my advise.
I.Bardoli sugarfactory and Cotton Marketing Federation of Govt Of Gujarat have established ther biocontro labs for the production of biocontrol  agents  for their use in their respective areas
J.Pest surveillance and monitoring  programmes were also found useful to chalk out advance  strategy to combat different pest problems like Apple Scab in J& K,Yellow rust in north west India ,Cotton white fly in Haryana and Punjab etc.
K. Sikkim has emerged as a first Organic State in  India .
L .An exotic pathogen Embellisia Ali was intercepted from 14 nos of Garlic consignments imported from Pakistan though Atari Bagha  border .All these consignments comprising 530.864 MT.was destroyed and incinerated  which prevented the possibility of the introduction of this exotic pathogen in India saved Agriculture of our country.
M.The Outbreak of  Migratory locust in Ladakh region of J& K state during 2006 was successfully controlled by the control operation conducted in my commond  and control in  Cold desert area of J&Kstate.