IPM at a Glance

• Minimize the crop losses caused by pests and diseases.
• Encourage farmers to use various ecologically sustainable pest management approaches rather than relying only on chemical pesticides.
• Promote use of bio-pesticides & bio-control agents in plant pest management.
• Conserve the diverse Agro- ecosystem for build-up of various natural enemies for plant pests.
• Create awareness amongst farmers on (i) Safe and judicious use of chemical pesticides, (ii) To follow the label claims and instructions on dose and use as approved by CIB&RC.
• Carryout survey and surveillance for pest and diseases with main emphasis to forewarn the farmers on the potential epidemics of plant pests.
• Popularizing IPM in farming community by imparting training to Agriculture / Horticulture Extension Functionaries and Farmers at Grass Root Level by organizing Farmers Field Schools / 2 days / Five days HRD programmes and Season Long Training Programmes of 30 days. In these programmes, they are being trained on latest IPM technology and to adopt organic farming and bio-fertilizers as well.

• Monitoring of pests and diseases for forewarning.
• Conservation of natural enemies in farmer’s fields.
• Production and field releases of biocontrol agents.
• Promotion of eco-friendly IPM inputs like biopesticides/neem based pesticides.
• Human Resource Development by imparting IPM training to extension officers and farmers through FFSs/SLTPs/Short duration HRD Prorgramme.
• Popularise IPM technology among farming community.

• Pest Monitoring  11.31 lakhs ha
• Field releases of biocontrol agents  3300 million
• Area Coverage  10.02 lakh ha
(Augmentation & conservation of biocontrol agents)

• Farmers Field Schools (FFSs)  206 (Nos.)
• Human resource Developments Programmes (2 days)   98 (Nos.)
• Human resource Developments Programmes ( 5 days)    10 (Nos.)
• Seasons Long Trainings programme (SLTP)    02 (Nos.)

• Pest Monitoring  342.97 lakh ha
• Field releases of biocontrol agents  71786.99 million
• Area Coverage  223.32 lakh ha
(Augmentation & conservation of biocontrol agents)

• Master Trainer’s Training courses (Seasons Long Trainings) conducted on Various Agricultural/Horticultural crops  crops  79 Nos
• Master Trainers Trained through SLTP  3160 Nos
• *Farmers’ Field Schools organized by CIPMCs/KVKs/SAUs  200211 Nos
• Agriculture/Horticulture Extension Officers Trained   60918 Nos
• Farmers trained through FFSs  6,10,260 Nos
• Human resource Developments Programmes (*2 & 5 days duration) on IPM    1910 Nos
• No. of AEOs, Pesticide dealers, NGOs, Lead Farmers, Private Entrepreneurs etc. trained.; 80868 Nos

IPM Packages have been developed for 87 crops which include Rice, Wheat, Maize, Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Black gram, Green gram, Gram, Rajmah, Pea, Groundnut, Soybean, Rapeseed/Mustard, Sesame, Safflower, Castor, Sunflower, Potato, Onion, Tomato, Cruciferous Vegetables, Leguminous Vegetables, Cucurbitaceious vegetables, Brinjal, Okra, Chillies, Cotton, Sugarcane, Tobacco, Citrus, Pineapple, Sapota, Pomegranate, Grapes, Apple, Mango, Guava, Banana, Litchi, Papaya, Apricot, Peach, Pear, Cherry, Walnut, Ber, Amla, Small Cardamom, Large Cardamom, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Fennel (Saunf), Ginger, Coconut, Cashew, Arecanut, Oil Palm, Tea, Jack fruit, Spinach, Broccoli, Loquat, Strawberry, Olive, Watermelon, Lablab bean , Garlic, Betelvine. Fig, Phalsa, Saffron, Custard apple, Persimmon, Kiwi, Passion fruit, Raspberry, Clove, Coffee, Curry Leaf, Drumstick, Fenugreek, Horsegram, Lentil, Moth bean, Mint, Redgram, Tapioca, Turmeric. These packages have been revised and uploaded on IPM Package of Practices

16 crop specific POP have been developed on Dry Root Rot in Chickpea, Pink Boll Worm (PBW) of Cotton, Blast Like Disease (WBLD) on Wheat, Rice Brown Plant Hopper (BPH), Yellow Rust of Wheat, Sugarcane Leaf hopper/ Pyrilla, Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (RSW) in Coconut, Rice Swarming Caterpillar, South American Pin Worm in Tomato, Paddy blast, False smut of Paddy, Whitefly in Cotton, Hairy caterpillar in Soybean, Paddy Gall midge, Management strategies for invasive thrips (Thrips parvispinus) in Chilli ( ad-hoc) and Monitoring, Diagnosis and Management of South East Asian Thrips, Thrips parvispinus in Chilli and uploaded on IPM Package of Practices

6 Nos. of Packages of Practices (for producing quality fruits for export) have been developed on Pineapple, Banana, Turmeric, Mango, Apple and Grapes and uploaded on IPM Package of Practices

To supplement the State efforts, grants-in-aid has been earmarked to the States/UTs for the establishment of Biocontrol Laboratories (SBCLs) @ Rs. 50.00 lakh per laboratory. So far, a sum of Rs. 1882.9625 lakh has already been released to the States for construction of Laboratory building and procurement of equipments and vehicles. All the States except Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal have made considerable progress in the construction work and commissioning of the laboratories. States may consider expeditious commissioning of the SBCLs so that additional infrastructure is created in the States for mass production of bio-control agents.

Further, Grants-in-aid is proposed to be given to NGOs for setting up of State Bio-control Laboratories in the form of subsidy @ Rs, 5.00 lakh per Laboratory for purchase of equipments subject to the conditions given in guidelines. The guidelines have already been circulated to all the States and the same may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

• CIPMCs  36 Nos.
• ICAR/SAUs/ DBT  49 Nos.
• State Biocontrol Labs  98 Nos
• Private Sector Labs  141 Nos.
• State Biocontrol Labs covered under Grants-in-Aids of Government of India    38 Nos.
• Total  362 Nos.

• Crop yield increased from 6.72 – 40.14% in rice and 22.7 – 26.63% in cotton in IPM fields compared to non-IPM fields.
• Chemical pesticide sprays were reduced to the extent of 50-100% in rice and 29.96 to 50.5% in cotton.
• Use of biopesticides/neem based pesticides increased from 123 MT during 1994-95 to 7682 MT (Tech. Grade) during 2018-19.
• Over all consumption of chemical pesticide in the country reduced from 61357 MT (Tech. grade) during 1994-95 to 49438 MT (Tech. Grade) during 2018-19.