Integrated Pest Management(IPM) in My View

 Friends ,we are doing different activities to sustain our   life on earth and also to make our life more and more comfortable and are getting two types of results  i .e.

  either as per our expectations and desires  or not as per our expectations .The results which are as per our expectations if they are accepted by the mass or society for future use become concept and the results which are not as per our expectations  become lessons for the future.  Concepts are a kind of openion of doing activity or group of activities to get the desired results .

Integrated pest Management  is a kind of concept of doing Agriculture or Farming  to fulfill  our objectives .

Agriculture has now become multi objective based occupation. The objectives of Agriculture  are changed as per our requirements or social needs or desires to make our life more comfortable. Since independence we had tried various  types of modules (nearly 20 types of modules )of Agriculture  or farming to fulfill  our needs.These modules are Tradditional farming,Grow More food programme,Cooperative  farming,Green Revolution  Programme,Pest monitoring and Surveillance, Biological control of crop pests and Weeds,Sustainable Agriculture, ,IPM demos,IPM modules,Agroecosystem Analysis based module of IPM,Plant Health Management Programme,Organic Farming,Integrated Farming, Climate Smart Farming,Prescision Farming,Natural Farming,Zerobased Farming,Trade specific Farming,Area specific Farming,Need of Second Green Revolution,

    Considering the present Social,economical,ecological, Environmental, and health Scenarios and perspectives,the Farming must be,safe,sustainable,profitable,businesses and income oriented and harmonious  with the nature and society.

Management is  a way of doing ⁷ to get a desired results .In view of this the pest management is the suppression of pest population in any way to a level at which the harm is inflicted to insignificant or minor.When more than one methods are used to manage the pest population then it is called as Integrated Pest Management(IPM). This is the basic concept of IPM.Farming itself is an integrated technology in which more than one methods are used to cultivate the crops even for the management of the pest population also.Any organism which is economically harmful to man is called as pest but in my opinion none of the organism of this universe is a pest .They are innocent animals and are the units of an ecosystem.If any organism behave like a pest ,it behave under the provocative conditions created by man..Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a way of farming without harming to the nature and society and also a kind of skill  development programme to make all IPM stakeholders including farmers competent and expert to produce healthy,safe and bumper crop harvest to eat and also to produce quality Agricultural  commodities  to trade with minimu

m expenditure,with minimum use of chemical pesticide s, with minimum  or least disturbance to community health,Environment, Ecosystem, biodiversity, nature and society  by suppressing the pest population below Economic .threshold level though adoption of  available, affordable,feasible,acceptable,methods of the pest management in integrated manner aiming promotion and upgrading of livelihood of the farmers and also to ensure food security along with food safety to keep environment   clean ,green ,and suitable to sustain life  on the earth through managment and conservation of pests and their biocontrol agents  found existing in agro ecosytem required for survival of life on  the earth.
     Integrated Pest Management (I PM) is a way of plant protection  with due care of community health,Environment, Ecosystem,Biodiversity, Nature and Society. We are self responsible to take care of Environment,Ecosystem,,Biodiversity,.Nobody will take care of these things.
         Thus IPM is a concept, not a method of pest management and the concepts are always changed as per the requirements and the changing the themes   and activities to be done  to fulfill  the desires of the life.Lets practice the IPM concept in proper way with proper methodology to get desired results.Lets ensure the availability of IPM inputs to the farmers at their door steps which can facilitate the implementation of IPM.A strong political and social will power is also needed to implement I PM properly.IPM practices do not operate in isolation hence they must be used in integrated way .

Live and let live,conserve all beneficials as well as pests found in agroecoeystem, tolerate the crop loss due to pests up to the pest population below ETL,maintain harmony with nature and society,reduce the indiscriminate use of the chemical pesticides and fertilizers  are the basic principles of the implementation of IPM.
    Crop management through systematic approaches  is the modern or new concept of IPM. But this concept does not describes the the care of nature ,society, environment,ecosystems,community health, biodiversity etc.which are the basic requirements of IPM.To fulfill the modern objectives of IPM in view of society and nature to sustain life on earth and to make farming profitable and safe and considering   a way of ease of life  IPM has now IPM concept has assumed   the concept of the  complete technological  Integration instead of methodological integration .

   IPM Is mainly based on five major principles related with nonviolence, sensitiveness,sympathy,tolerence and harmony with nature and society in view of making the farming profitable and safe.

   IPM is essential to conserve agroecosystem, environment, biodiversity,nature and it's resources like water,air,soil,forests,rivers ,seas ,wild life etc.

IPM is an approach to make farming safe,profitable,eco,nature, environment,society,and trade friendly and also a way of ease of living.

IPM is an approach to make Swachchh Bharat,Samraddha Bharat,Saktishali Bharat,, and Shrestha Bharat, though harmony with nature and society..

      IPM is based on self awareness, self understanding, and self involvement and self participation  in implementing the I PM progrmme,timely planning and preparedness to ensure the availability of IPM inputs ,strict pest surveillance and monitoring,correct and proper Agroecosystem Analysis and correct decision making, implementation and promotion of nonchemical methods of pest management, conservation of beneficial organisms in the crop fields,proper awareness about pesticides that all the chemical pesticides are poisons and must be used only as an emergency tools,  only  by the approved acridiated pest control operators .It is observed that inspite  of well knowing  that the chemical pesticides are poisons and are harmful to our health and environment the farmers are using the chemical  pesticides and fertilizers indiscrimintely hence there is need to create awareness among the farmers though training and demonstrations that excess of the pesticides is not required for the production of crop yields and there is also a need to ensure the alternative of the chemical pesticides in form of the IPM inputs to the farmers at their doorsteps.

     In view of today's  social economical,natural, environmental,scinario,s and requirements  the   concepts of crop production ,protection and IPM must be safe,profitable,sustainable, business and income oriented harmonious with the nature ,society and life.Lets convert IPM and Organic Farming in to income and business oriented profitable  Integrated Farming  to enhance the farmers farmers income and to upgrade their livelihood besides ensuring the safety of nature , environment and society.

    Welfare of all in the universe is the Moto of IPM.

Chemical pesticides and fertilizers which are extensively and indiscriminately used in Agriculture for crop production and protection purpose ,are the main culprits and are responsible for the problems related with community health, Environment,Ecosystems ,nature and society.None of the chemical pesticide is safe but it can be and must be used safely only as an emergency tool not as priority tool as they are being used in agriculture now a days .Let's reduce the use of the chemical pesticides and fertilizer s to  avoid their adverse effects on community health, environment,ecosystem nature and society.IPM is not against the use of the chemical pesticides but it is definitely against the misuse of the chemical pesticides.

     Restoration of Ecosystem,conservation of environment ,ecosystem, biodiversityand nature,making society healthy, and prosperous,making environment congenial to make life easy and comfortable,maintaining natural balance  are the major objectives of I PM.

IPM are three small words with very wide vision,value and importance as they are associated with all aspects of life.IPM is related with nature and society.we need healthy,wealthy,wise and prosperous society and also ease of living with  comfortable  and safe life 

through food safety ie productio.n of safe food.IPM is also related with nature as the life is operated and sustained by the nature through its ecosystems.It ensures the nature  to behave  like nature to sustain and operate life on earth.

Same agricultural practice some times may be or may not be an IPM practice It depend upon intention and way of its application.For example indiscriminate use of the chemical pesticides is not an IPM practice  whereas judicious use of the chemical pesticides is an IPM practice.IPM is the manipulation of farming system to maintain pest population below ETL and natural ecological balance in agroecosytem .

  Self understanding,self safety,self awareness,self motivation,self preparation,self participation,and self implementation,are the key mantras of implementation of IPM .No govt can implement IPM.Govt can only facilitate us to implement IPM by way of providing the IPM inputs,infrastructure and logistic supports to the farmers but we have to implement IPM ourselves.

  Let's adopt IPM  for better Environment,to Grow safe food,to conserve beneficial organisms found in agroecosystem, to convert poisonous farming in to safe nonpoisonous farming by way of reducing the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers and promoting the use of biopestivides ,organic and plants and animal based manure and pesticides and also to convert traditional farming in to income and business oriented Integrated farming.

Let's not ignored any IPM stakeholders including farmers ,Research Agricultural Scientists,and Extension workers etc.who are helping us in providing food to sustain our life on earth.

                                    (RAM ASRE   )

                                Additional PPA  (IPM) Retired.Dte of Dte of PPQ$S 

IPM is Committed to..........

1. Ensure safe food to society and animals.
2.Ensure better Environment
3. Ensure better community  health
4.Ensure universal brotherhood
5.Ensure  safe and protected Ecosystem.
6.Ensure safe and secured Agriculture.
7.Ensure harmony with nature and society.
8.Sustain life on earth
9.Ensure safe Agricultural  trade.
10Ensure Ecological balance in the nature.
11.Profitable Agriculture.
12 Ensure safe water ,safe air ,safe food ,fodder and  feed .to the society and animals .

13.. Ensure safe and quality Agricultural commodities to trade.
14.Ensure safe community health .
15. Ecological balance in nature

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Role of Eqilibrium or Balance in life

Balance,stability,Equilibrium play an important role to run and sustain our life .All creation of the world  needs stability.Nature also needs stability. Life emerged from instability through incremental approach.Balance,stability,and equilibrium are very much associated and required in each and every aspects of  our life such as  social ,Environmental,spiritual,economical , ecological ,physiological working in the world .we can make the desired  compound or mixtures  by way of mixing certain elements in balance form. All the activities in the ecosystem or world are required to be done in balanced manner to maintain natural or ecological balance or equilibrium. The life is also sustained in the word only because of Eqilibrilium  or balance in the nature or ecosystem. Human being is placed on the top among all the organisms found in the world who is also disturbing the natural balance through his various activities undertaken by him for  his survival or existence in the world .It is only because of his endless desires.Man is the only organism which requires excess  things or  more than his requirement .He consumes excess water , excess food,and excess natural resources  which leads adverse effect on our ecosystem and finally resulting destruction of the natural ecological  balance. Nature can fulfill our needs but it can not fulfill our greeds.
     Balance is also needed to run our family smoothly.Excess hot and excess cold food also not suited to the development of our body.we should not loose our temper or courage in difficult situation or in happy situation.we must maintain balance in both types of situations.Lets not attract to all the beautiful  things and also not hate the bad or ugly things always.Every action has reaction is the universal law of nature.Deforstation affects our life by way of disturbing the natural balance.Hence plantation and deforestation must be done in balanced  way.Lets adopt the balanced way or madhyam Marge to run our life as suggested by Lord Buddha.kam,Krodh,Lobh ,Moh,Ahankar  must be in balance way as they are  also needed to run our life but in balanced way.All opposite forces are interdependent on each other's.They can also enhance the powers o f each other's.Lets maintain balance to run smooth life. .This philosophy is also applicable to implement IPM.

Theory of Balance or equilibrium in IPM

As I have discussed  in many times that to sustain  life on the earth and to  also to maintain natural ecological  balance in the nature are the some of the main objectives of Integrated  Pest Management (IPM).Various activities and life in this  world are   governed ,maintained and sustained by Environment  through  it's different ecological systems which are also functioning on the principle of interdependence and inter actions  of both biotic and abiotic factors of  Environment and its  different ecosystems.Human disturbance to the nature for his survival and existence is also one of the main factors to disturb the natural ecological  balance  as  human being is considered as top of the all creatures of the world.The main reason of the the disturbing the natural ecological balance is the endless desires of man .Let's control  our desires to keep natural balance  for  sustaining  the  life on the earth.Lets maintain  balance  or equilibrium in the life to keep this world functioning as
Balance and stability play an important  role in each and every aspects and steps of our life  to live life comfortably.

How the themes are made

Themes are the reference or subject matter of the subject or the main gist of the different objectives of a subject.As we know that we are doing different types of activities to sustain life on earth which give either possitive or negative results .The possitive results  results if they are accepted by the society for further use are considered as concepts. The concepts are  changed as per the requirements and needs which tend us to see these concepts in different perspectives as per the need or requirements.The role of different concepts  in respect of different perspectives due to expansion of the needs or requirements are called as themes.Thus the themes are made.When we change the perspectives  then the subject matter of a same concept is changed which is called as theme of the main concept and accordingly the mandate of the concept is changed.

How to deal with locust problem continued......

11.Regular monitoring of global locust situation through FAO locust situation bulletins especially  around  red sea coast must be undertaken to note thelocust buildup and its movements around red sea coast where both summer and winter breeding grounds of locust are found .

12.Border surveys,Border meetings,cross country surveys must be intensified and undertaken regularly to note the status of locust population found in SDA
13.LWO must be treated as defence and paramilitary system of the country and must be always ready to coup up the locust situation for which it should be kept fully equipped  with  man,material,machines,methods and money along with emergency fund to manage the locust control Operations.
14.Enhancing the cultivation in Scheduled desert  area also enhance the chances of locust breeding  due to formation of congenial micro climate  for locust breeding even in hot weather.
15. Historical data bank of locust situation,and detailed success stories  must be maintained  by way of using computer.
16.IT based Technologies like RAMSES TECNOLOGY ,e locust system of locust survey and monitoring also be included for the management of locust control operation.
17.It has been also observed that some times Pakistan don't take  interest in locust control and allow the invasion of locust swarms into India from May to December when the wind direction is generally toward India .In such conditions it become compulsory to control locust in our SDA to avoid their movement to other part of our country.
18 .Different strategies are adopted to control different stages of locust such as  hopper control is undertaken by  staying in same spot or same place whereas for control of groups of fledgling, adults and swarms one has to move from one place to other place for chasing the swarm.Moreover  for local breeding and small upsurge of locust the ground control operation is required and for control of locust population in large scale  large  like in form of swarms and upsurge  the aerial control operation is required.

How to deal with Locust problem in Scheduled Desert Area.

The following  check points must be  followed while dealing with the Locust problem in SDA.
1. Regular surveys must be carried out during Locust active season as well as calm season
2.Always keep ready all control potential  as ready to use with in no advance notice .
3.Ever ready  never fuse principle  must be followed.
4.Adopt zero tolerance policy to control Locust as there is no Economic threshold level is followed  because of very high feeding potential of locust.
5. Let's know first, wheather the locust  problem is because of its local breeding or it is invasion from other countries like  Pakistan or China as once during 2006 the invasion of Migratory Locust  from China  was observed in Cold desert area of Ladakh region of J& K state which was also controlled by organizing the control operation in cold desert area in my supervision.
5.The desert locust may enter or invade in to India
either from Bhuj area of Gujarat state or from Pakistan side through Jaisalmer or Barmer area.
6.If it is local breeding then control it before it could  form swarms.
7.The ecosystem of the Scheduled  desert area of Rajasthan is changing very fastly due to Development of the irrigation facilities due to Indira Gandhi Canal.The soil along with this canal may have sufficient moisture for its breeding or egg laying.These places must be observed very critically  or thoroughly to detect the locust population.
8.chasing the locust Swarms during evening hours to note the exact place  where the  locust population settles during evening.Pin point the such   areas in evening itself.
9 ,Ensure and make the availability of all the control inputs or materials including  man ,material ,Machnery,,methods,and sufficient money in those pin pointed areas in night itself.
10.conduct control operation very early  morning before sun rise as after sun rising  the locust will start to fly and then it is not advisable to control the desert locust locust.

Ram Asre----As an expert Locust Control Operation Organizer and Manager.

Locust is a natural disaster .It is a pest of global status .It is an unpredictable pest which is a sleeping  giant which may flare up at any time and can cause heavy loss of food, fodder etc resulting in the famine .The Global locust control efforts are   coordinated  by F A O.
   India is having an ever impending threat of locust invasion .Its invasion s through Indo Pak border have been recorded on several occasions.
    Locust control Operations or Campaign is a kind of War which requires  prompt flow of informations,collection of intelligence,taking spot decisions,deploying control potential  to the field or locust affected areas,besides advance planning, preparation,proper and expert deployment of  resources,regular supply of the essential  inputs, strong and encouraged leadership,good communication skill,proper judgement and analysis of situation,working withteam spirit,always be motivated on stress,hard and inhospitable desert conditions,helping and co operative
attitude with colleagues and the members of the control teams,facilities for onspot repair of offroad vehicles and locust control equipment  are very essential requirements for successful execution,and management of Locust control Operation.
    Locust Warning  Organisation (LWO) is responsible for  organizing locust control  Operations in Indian  Scheduled  Desert Area .State Govt is also cooperating with the locust Control work especially in cultivated areas.
    I have worked  as Scheme in- charge of Locust Control And Research Scheme of the Dierectorate of plant protection,quarantine and Storage on several positions  and organized  and ,managed several locust invasions in Indian  Scheduled Desert Area  of Rajasthan, and Gujarat states and also in Cold desert of Ladakh area of J& K States .I also participated in the   worst   locust invasion  observed during 1993 besides  its invasions found during 2005 in Scheduled Deser area  and during 2006 in Cold Desert of Ladakh region of J&K State where the invasion of Migratory Locust was reported . The experience  gained during the management of these locust control Operations are placed in the next blog.